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2024 SESSION

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SB 69 Law-enforcement officers; minimum qualifications for positions of chief of police, etc.

Introduced by: Jeremy S. McPike | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Minimum qualifications for law-enforcement officers; citizenship; waiver. Allows individuals who have been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to qualify for the positions of chief of police, police officer of a locality, deputy sheriff, jail officer, and law-enforcement officer. Current law allows only citizens of the United States to qualify for the named positions.

FULL TEXT

• 12/28/23  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100992D  pdf | impact statement
• 03/04/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB69ER)  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• Governor's veto explanation

HISTORY

• 12/28/23  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100992D
• 12/28/23  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 01/17/24  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 0-N 6-A)
• 01/17/24  Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
• 02/12/24  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (8-Y 6-N)
• 02/13/24  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/13/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/24  Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
• 02/13/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/24  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/15/24  House: Read first time
• 02/15/24  House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
• 02/19/24  House: Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
• 02/22/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
• 02/23/24  House: Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 8-N)
• 02/27/24  House: Read second time
• 02/28/24  House: Read third time
• 02/28/24  House: Pending question ordered
• 02/28/24  House: Passed House (53-Y 47-N)
• 02/28/24  House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 47-N)
• 03/04/24  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/04/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB69ER)
• 03/04/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/07/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 03/20/24  Governor: Vetoed by Governor
• 04/17/24  Senate: Passed by for the day