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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 155

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Relating to: prosecution decisions following deaths involving law enforcement officers. (FE)

Attorney Criminal identification and investigation Death District attorney Judge Police

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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

Current law requires an investigation following a death that involves a law

enforcement officer and outlines specific requirements of the investigation. One

requirement is that the investigators provide a report of the investigation to the

district attorney of the county in which the death occurred, and that district attorney

must determine whether to prosecute the officer. This bill requires instead that the

investigators provide the report to the chief judge of the judicial administrative

district, and that judge must appoint a special prosecutor who then must determine

whether to prosecute the officer.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Goyke (D) , Kolste (D) , Sinicki (D)

2 cosponsors

C. Larson (D) , L. Taylor (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives C. Taylor, Kolste, Goyke, Berceau, Brostoff and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators L. Taylor and C. Larson

  2. Mar 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Apr 3, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 12, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 18, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1