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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 668

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Relating to: law enforcement officer suicide prevention and reporting and making an appropriation. (FE)

Death Health services department of — Health Justice department of Organization miscellaneous 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, in cooperation with the

Department of Health Services and the Center for Suicide Awareness, to establish

a training curriculum designed to prevent suicide committed by law enforcement

officers. The training must include the causes, behaviors, warning signs, and risk

factors associated with law enforcement officer suicide, identify appropriate

intervention strategies to be used by law enforcement agencies to effectively prevent

law enforcement officer suicide, and provide information concerning programs that

offer crisis intervention and counseling services to law enforcement officers. The bill

requires that the training curriculum be made available to law enforcement agencies

to be used as part of ongoing officer training. The bill also provides that DOJ must

provide a $250,000 annual grant to the Center for Suicide Awareness to provide

training to law enforcement officers based on the curriculum that is established.

In addition, this bill requires DOJ to collect information about law enforcement

officer suicide and publish an annual report on officer suicide on the department's

Internet site.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Armstrong (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Dittrich (R) , Gundrum (R) , Horlacher (R) , James (R) , Mursau (R) , Rozar (R) , Sortwell (R) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R)

4 cosponsors

Jacque (R) , Murphy (R) , Nass (R) , Tittl (R)

Full history

  1. Oct 29, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Cabral-Guevara, Rozar, Andraca, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Gundrum, Horlacher, James, Mursau, Sortwell, Subeck, Thiesfeldt and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Jacque and Nass

  2. Oct 29, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health

  3. Nov 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Murphy added as a coauthor

  4. Nov 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Dec 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Gundrum

  6. Jan 11, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Cabral-Guevara

  7. Feb 9, 2022 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Feb 9, 2022 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  9. Feb 9, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Tittl added as a coauthor

  10. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1