SB 148 DE

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This Act expands the Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust’s responsibility to review deadly use of force incidents by law enforcement by adding review of cases involving serious physical injury. It also requires that if the Division issues a public report on the use of force, the report must include the race of the law enforcement officer who used force, the race of the individual on whom force was used, and whether race was a relevant or motivating factor.

• Marie Pinkney Democratic · primary
• S. Elizabeth Lockman Democratic · primary
• Sherry Dorsey Walker · primary
• Melissa Minor-Brown Democratic · primary

1. May 25, 2021 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate · upper
2. Jun 8, 2021 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable · upper
3. Jun 10, 2021 Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO · upper
4. Jun 11, 2021 Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House · lower
5. Jun 17, 2021 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits · lower
6. Jun 29, 2021 Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 15 NO · lower
7. Nov 8, 2021 Signed by Governor · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Bill Text · HTML
• Bill Text · PDF