Date	Chamber	Action
1/13/2021	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

New Act

Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Eliminate Racial Profiling Act. Provides that no law enforcement agent or law enforcement agency shall engage in racial profiling. Allows the State or a person injured by racial profiling to enforce the racial profiling provision in a civil action for declaratory or injunctive relief. Requires law enforcement agencies to maintain policies and procedures, designed to eliminate racial profiling, and to certify that in applications for certain federal grant programs. Requires the Attorney General to adopt rules for administrative complaint procedures and independent audit programs applicable to law enforcement agencies. Allows the Attorney General to make grants to law enforcement agencies to develop and implement best practices to eliminate racial profiling. Allows the Attorney General to order the withholding of certain federal grants for law enforcement agencies that are not in compliance with the Act. Grants rulemaking authority to the Attorney General to implement the Act. Defines terms.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
11/30/2018	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. André Thapedi
1/9/2019	House	First Reading
1/9/2019	House	Referred to Rules Committee
1/29/2019	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
1/29/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2/19/2019	House	To Criminal Administration and Enforcement Subcommittee
3/29/2019	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/1/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
4/8/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner
7/17/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
10/11/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
7/9/2020	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
1/13/2021	House	Session Sine Die

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