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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 514

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

Court — Procedure Death District attorney 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

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

district attorney provide the report to a special prosecutor appointed by the court and

that special prosecutor then must determine whether to prosecute the officer.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Agard (D) , Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Roys (D)

15 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Baldeh (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Emerson (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Hong (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D)

Full history

  1. Aug 19, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Johnson, Larson, Agard and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Bowen, Hong, Anderson, Baldeh, Billings, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Emerson, Goyke, Hebl, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Shelton and Sinicki

  2. Aug 19, 2021 · Senate

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

  3. Aug 31, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Sep 7, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Sep 8, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Sep 27, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1