2002 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 1099

File Code: Public Safety Prior Year Introduction As: HB 573/01 - CGM
Sponsored By:
Delegates Valderrama, Howard, Brown, Patterson, and Hill
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 against the law enforcement officer and the law enforcement officer's employer.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/8
First Reading Judiciary
2/12
Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m.
3/18
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
Delegate Anthony G. Brown, District 25
Delegate Kerry A. Hill, District 26
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
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