Legislation

Title: Criminal Procedure - Police Officers and Public Defenders - Implicit Bias - Testing, Training, and Evaluation
Sponsored by: Delegate Wells
Status: In the House - Hearing 2/16 at 1:30 p.m.
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Requiring that certain public defenders receive a test for implicit bias, training to address implicit bias, and undergo an evaluation to measure the results of that training; requiring the Public Defender to ensure that anonymized data on these tests and evaluations is made available to the public; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to ensure that the curriculum for certain police training include certain tests, training, and evaluation for implicit bias; etc.

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Original:: Judiciary

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Bill File Type: Pre-Filed

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2021

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 7/09/2020 Legislative Date 7/09/2020 Action Pre-filed Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/13/2021 Legislative Date 1/13/2021 Action First Reading Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Criminal Procedure - Police Officers and Public Defenders - Implicit Bias - Testing, Training, and Evaluation Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/15/2021 Legislative Date 1/15/2021 Action Hearing 2/16 at 1:30 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	7/09/2020	7/09/2020	Pre-filed
House	1/13/2021	1/13/2021	First Reading Judiciary
			Text - First - Criminal Procedure - Police Officers and Public Defenders - Implicit Bias - Testing, Training, and Evaluation
House	1/15/2021	1/15/2021	Hearing 2/16 at 1:30 p.m.

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