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2013 SESSION
SB 1026 Law-enforcement officers; grounds for decertification, DCJS authorized to waive requirements.
Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Law-enforcement officers; grounds for decertification. Provides that no person who becomes a law-enforcement officer on or after July 1, 2013, may have been convicted of or pled guilty or no contest to any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, including petit larceny, any misdemeanor sex offense, or any domestic assault. Additionally, any certified law-enforcement officer who has been convicted of or pled guilty or no contest to any such crime shall be decertified by the Criminal Justice Services Board.
The bill additionally requires a sheriff, chief of police, or agency administrator to notify the Criminal Justice Services Board in writing when any certified law-enforcement officer or jail officer who is currently employed is convicted of or pleads guilty or no contest to certain crimes. Notice is also required when a law-enforcement officer or jail officer resigns or is terminated in advance of a pending drug screening or conviction of an offense that requires decertification. Upon receiving notice, the Criminal Justice Services Board shall decertify such officer.
Finally, the bill allows for the Department of Criminal Justice Services to waive decertification requirements for good cause. This bill is identical to HB 2121.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/13 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102158D pdf
- 02/08/13 House: Committee substitute printed 13105014D-H1 pdf
- 02/19/13 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1026ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/16/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0468) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/13 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102158D
- 01/08/13 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/14/13 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/16/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/13 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/18/13 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/13 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/25/13 House: Read first time
- 01/25/13 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 02/06/13 House: Assigned MPPS sub: #2
- 02/07/13 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/13 House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/13 House: Committee substitute printed 13105014D-H1
- 02/11/13 House: Read second time
- 02/12/13 House: Read third time
- 02/12/13 House: Committee substitute agreed to 13105014D-H1
- 02/12/13 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1026H1
- 02/12/13 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/13 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/13 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/13 Senate: Title replaced 13105014D-H1
- 02/19/13 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/19/13 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1026ER)
- 02/19/13 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/13 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/16/13 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 468 (effective 7/1/13)
- 03/16/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0468)