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