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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I

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HB 5131 Uniformed law-enforcement officers; identification, penalty.

Introduced by: Lee J. Carter | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Uniformed law-enforcement officers; identification; penalty. Requires every law-enforcement officer who is on duty and in uniform to wear a badge, nameplate, or other device that conspicuously displays the officer's badge or other identification number or the name of the officer. Upon request for identification from any person, a law-enforcement officer who is on duty and in uniform shall disclose his badge or other identification number or his name. The bill makes it a Class 2 misdemeanor for any law-enforcement officer who is on duty and in uniform to intentionally obstruct or conceal his badge or other identification number or his name.

FULL TEXT

• 08/25/20  House: Presented and ordered printed 20200930D  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 08/25/20  House: Presented and ordered printed 20200930D
• 08/25/20  House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
• 11/09/20  House: Left in Public Safety