2000 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 226

File Code: Public Safety
Sponsored By:
Delegates Rawlings, Taylor, R. Baker, Benson, Billings, Bobo, Boschert, Branch, Brinkley, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Cadden, Cane, Clagett, Cole, Conway, Cryor, D'Amato, C. Davis, D. Davis, Dobson, Doory, Dypski, Franchot, Fulton, Gladden, Griffith, Grosfeld, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Hill, Hixson, Howard, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kagan, Kirk, Kopp, Leopold, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Owings, Paige, Patterson, Petzold, Phillips, Pitkin, Proctor, Rosenberg, Sher, Shriver, Swain, Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, and Zirkin
Entitled:
Law Enforcement Officers - Racial Profiling

Synopsis:

Prohibiting a law enforcement officer from using race or ethnicity as the sole reason to initiate a criminal investigation; creating a civil penalty for the Act; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
1/24
First Reading Judiciary
2/16
Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Leon G. Billings, District 18
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33
Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45
Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Anthony G. Brown, District 25
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
Delegate William H. Cole, IV, District 47A
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate C. Richard D'Amato, District 30
Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25
Delegate Michael V. Dobson, District 43
Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
Delegate Tony E. Fulton, District 40
Delegate Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
Delegate Melony G. Griffith, District 25
Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate C. Sue Hecht, District 3
Delegate Kerry A. Hill, District 26
Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate Verna L. Jones, District 44
Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
Delegate Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
Delegate Wendell F. Phillips, District 41
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
Delegate Tod David Sher, District 14A
Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
Delegate Darren M. Swain, District 24
Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Robert A. Zirkin, District 11
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
DISCRIMINATION -see also- SEX DISCRIMINATION
INVESTIGATIONS AND INQUIRIES -see also- CRIM BCKGRND INVEST.
LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF
MINORITIES -see also- WOMEN
PENALTIES
Bill affects the following Statute:
Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
( 734E )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered