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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 823

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Relating to: community relations grants and making an appropriation. (FE)

County Justice department of Minority groups Municipality — Planning 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

This bill requires the Department of Justice to award grants of up to $5,000,000

in the 2019-21 fiscal biennium to counties or municipalities in which at least 10

percent of the population is composed of minorities, which are defined as persons who

are Black, Hispanic, American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut, native Hawaiian,

Asian-Indian, or of Asian-Pacific origin. The grants are to improve relations

between law enforcement and the community.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Cabrera (D) , Crowley (D) , Goyke (D) , Kolste (D) , Neubauer (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Zamarripa (D)

4 cosponsors

Emerson (D) , Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Ohnstad (D)

Full history

  1. Jan 30, 2020 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Crowley, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Goyke, Kolste, Neubauer, Spreitzer, C. Taylor and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators L. Taylor and Johnson

  2. Jan 30, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Community Development

  3. Feb 5, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Emerson added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 25, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Ohnstad added as a coauthor

  5. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1