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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 297

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Relating to: reports to the Department of Justice from special units maintained by law enforcement agencies. (FE)

Data processing Justice, department of Police

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires each law enforcement agency that maintains a special unit

trained to deal with unusually violent or dangerous situations (commonly known as

a SWAT team) to submit an annual report to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Under

this bill, the report must contain certain information such as the number of times

that the law enforcement agency deployed the team in the previous year, the reason

and legal authority for the deployment, and the number of arrests made. This bill

requires DOJ to submit to the legislature annually an analysis and summary of the

reports from the law enforcement agencies and to post the analysis and summary on

DOJ's Internet site.

Sponsors

Introduced by: L. Taylor (D) , Stroebel (R)

18 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Craig (R) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Hutton (R) , Jarchow (R) , Kerkman (R) , Kessler (D) , Knudson (R) , Mason (D) , Murphy (R) , Ripp (R) , Rodriguez (R) , T. Larson (R) , Tauchen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Wachs (D)

Full history

  1. Oct 9, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Stroebel and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Knudson, Craig, Jarchow, Tauchen, Brandtjen, Hutton, Kerkman, T. Larson, Murphy, A. Ott, Thiesfeldt, Ripp, Rodriguez, Genrich, Goyke, Kessler, Mason and Wachs

  2. Oct 9, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1