2001 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 573

File Code: Public Safety
Sponsored By:
Delegates Valderrama, R. Baker, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Brown, Burns, Cane, C. Davis, Dobson, Frush, Giannetti, Griffith, Grosfeld, Hill, Howard, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kirk, Leopold, Marriott, Menes, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Paige, Patterson, Phillips, Pitkin, Proctor, Swain, and Turner
Entitled:
Law Enforcement Officers - Racial Profiling

Synopsis:

Prohibiting a law enforcement officer from engaging in racial profiling that involves the use of an individual's racial or ethnic status as the sole factor in detaining, interdicting, or giving other disparate treatment to the individual, in determining the existence of probable cause for a specified reason, or in constituting the basis for a specified detention or investigatory stop; creating specified civil penalties; and authorizing specified suits to be brought against the law enforcement officer and the law enforcement's employer.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/5
First Reading Judiciary
Re-assigned Commerce and Government Matters
2/7
Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
3/5
Unfavorable Report by Commerce and Government Matters
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B
Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45
Delegate Anthony G. Brown, District 25
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
Delegate Michael V. Dobson, District 43
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 13B
Delegate Melony G. Griffith, District 25
Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate Kerry A. Hill, District 26
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate Verna L. Jones, District 44
Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
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 Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Delegate Wendell F. Phillips, District 41
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Darren M. Swain, District 24
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ARRESTS
CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
DISCRIMINATION -see also- SEX DISCRIMINATION
LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF
MINORITIES -see also- WOMEN
MOTOR VEHICLES -see also- ABANDONED; AMBULANCES; BUSES; etc.
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