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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 476

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Relating to: drug testing of law enforcement officers involved in certain critical incidents while on duty. (FE)

Alcohol and other drug abuse Drugs 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 law enforcement agencies to adopt a written policy regarding

drug and alcohol testing following an officer-involved critical incident. An

“officer-involved critical incident" is an incident that occurs in the performance of

a law enforcement officer's official duties and in which either 1) the actions of the

officer result in death or great bodily harm to a person or 2) the officer discharges a

firearm at a person. The written policy must require that a law enforcement officer

who is involved in an officer-involved critical incident submit to drug and alcohol

testing following the incident and that the testing be completed as soon as

practicable. The bill also requires that the drugs to be tested for include, at least,

alcohol, amphetamines, cannabis or cannabinoids, opiates, cocaine, phencyclidine

(PCP), and anabolic steroids.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Cowles (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Wanggaard (R)

28 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Baldeh (D) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Cabrera (D) , Edming (R) , Goyke (D) , Gundrum (R) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Kurtz (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Macco (R) , Milroy (D) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Petryk (R) , Schraa (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Steineke (R) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tranel (R) , Vruwink (D) , Wittke (R) , Zimmerman (R)

Full history

  1. Aug 5, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, L. Taylor, Ballweg and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Steineke, Stubbs, Armstrong, Baldeh, Cabral-Guevara, Cabrera, Edming, Goyke, Gundrum, Kitchens, Krug, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Macco, Milroy, Moses, Mursau, Novak, Petryk, Schraa, Spiros, Steffen, Tranel, Wittke, Zimmerman, Ohnstad, Vruwink and Subeck

  2. Aug 5, 2021 · Senate

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

  3. Oct 28, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1