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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 134

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Relating to: prohibiting use of choke holds by law enforcement officers in use of force policies. (FE)

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 law enforcement agencies to develop policies on the use

of force by law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties. This bill

provides that a law enforcement agency may not authorize in its use of force policy

the use of choke holds by law enforcement officers, except in life-threatening

situations or in self-defense.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Moses (R) , Spiros (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R)

11 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Drake (D) , Feyen (R) , Jacque (R) , L. Myers (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Nass (R) , Steffen (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Jun 8, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 7, Noes 1

Passed 7–1 Jun 8, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 5, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Spiros, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Moses, Thiesfeldt and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, L. Taylor, Darling, Cowles, Feyen, Jacque and Nass

  2. Mar 5, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight

  3. Apr 20, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative L. Myers added as a coauthor

  4. May 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Steineke and Stubbs

  5. May 18, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. May 25, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Drake added as a coauthor

  7. May 28, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  8. Jun 2, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Jun 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Jun 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  11. Jun 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 7, Noes 1

  12. Jun 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-16-2021 by Committee on Rules

  13. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  14. Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Anderson added as a coauthor

  15. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1