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2001 SESSION

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HB 2502 Cultural diversity competency training for law enforcement officers.

Introduced by: William P. Robinson, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Cultural diversity competency training and exemptions of law-enforcement officers. Clarifies that the Department of Criminal Justice Services must establish compulsory training standards in cultural diversity competency for basic training and the recertification of law-enforcement officers. Also provides that law-enforcement officers must have cultural diversity sensitivity, in addition to basic training in previous capacities as a law-enforcement officer, as a condition of exemption from certain mandatory training requirements. This bill is a recommendation of the Special Subcommittee on Racial Profiling and Pretextual Traffic Stops of the House Committee on Transportation.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/01  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 018313912  pdf | impact statement
• 01/25/01  House: Printed as engrossed 018313912-E  pdf | impact statement
• 02/19/01  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2502ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/14/01  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0162)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/10/01  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 018313912
• 01/10/01  House: Referred to Committee on Militia and Police
• 01/22/01  House: Reported from M. & P. with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
• 01/24/01  House: Read first time
• 01/25/01  House: Read second time
• 01/25/01  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 01/25/01  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 01/25/01  House: Printed as engrossed 018313912-E
• 01/26/01  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/01  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/01  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/29/01  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/29/01  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/07/01  Senate: Reported from General Laws (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/01  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/01  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/01  Senate: Read third time
• 02/09/01  Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/01  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/01  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2502ER)
• 02/21/01  House: Enrolled
• 02/22/01  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/22/01  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/13/01  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 162 (effective 7/1/01)
• 03/14/01  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0162)