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2018 SESSION

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SB 196 Law-enforcement officers; CJSB to adopt statewide professional standards of conduct.

Introduced by: Mamie E. Locke | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Decertification of law-enforcement officers; Criminal Justice Services Board; statewide professional standards of conduct. Requires the Criminal Justice Services Board (the Board) to adopt, by July 1, 2019, statewide professional standards of conduct applicable to all certified law-enforcement officers and certified jail officers. The bill requires any sheriff, chief of police, or agency administrator to notify the Board in writing within 48 hours of becoming aware that any certified law-enforcement or jail officer currently employed by his agency has been found to have engaged in serious misconduct. The bill authorizes the Board to initiate decertification proceedings against any former law-enforcement or jail officer who has engaged in serious misconduct as defined in such statewide professional standards of conduct. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2019.

FULL TEXT

• 01/01/18  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101568D  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/01/18  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101568D
• 01/01/18  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/24/18  Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 8-N)