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2004 Regular Session

Senate Bill 70

AN ACT CONCERNING LICENSING AND TRAINING OF PRIVATE DETECTIVES AND GUARD SERVICES AND SECURITY PERSONNEL SERVICES.

Became law as Public Act 04-192, signed June 3, 2004, 115 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To establish separate licensing, qualification and license revocation schemes for private investigative and private security personnel and define private investigative and private security jobs to reflect current industry and state police practice; set more stringent licensing criteria; require security officers employed by security businesses to be licensed every two years and set minimum training and other licensing standards for such officers; conform the law to practice and underlying laws by raising, from eighteen to twenty-one the age at which a security officer may get a Department of Public Safety permit to carry firearms on the job, and require armed security officers to complete a department approved refresher gun safety course annually; require that, as a prerequisite to licensing, applicants for a private detective, private detective agency, or security service license provide the Commissioner of Public Safety with a copy of a certificate of general liability insurance for at least $300,000, and require such licensees to notify said department within thirty days of any change in the status of the insurance or the currently required $10,000 performance bond; allow said commissioner to establish, by regulation, civil penalties of up to $5,000 for private detective and private detective agency licensee violations; apply current criminal penalties to a broader range of licensee violations; adjust license fees, eliminate some licenses, and change the license renewal frequency from one to two years; require said commissioner to adopt implementing regulations; and subject special constables appointed by municipal chief executive officers at the request of corporations, associations, or businesses to such limitations, restrictions, and conditions as the chief executive officer deems appropriate.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

In the House of Representatives

    7 co-sponsors

    John Wayne Fox, Bob Peters, Faith McMahon, Stephen D. Dargan, Linda A. Orange, Carlo Leone, David A. Scribner

    Its course

    February 9 to June 3, 2004, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action28 actions on 18 days

    In the SenateFeb 9 to Apr 2273 days

    Public Safety and Security CommitteeFeb 9 to Mar 222 days

    Judiciary CommitteeMar 2 to Mar 1917 days

    Finance, Revenue and Bonding CommitteeApr 14 to Apr 151 day

    In the House of RepresentativesApr 22 to May 513 days

    Waiting to be sentMay 5 to May 1813 days

    With the GovernorMay 18 to Jun 316 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Feb 9 – Apr 22

    1. Feb 9Introduced and sent to Public Safety and Security Committee
    2. Feb 13Heard in Public Safety and Security Committee
    3. Mar 2Public Safety and Security Committee recommended it and sent it to Judiciary Committee
    4. Mar 19Judiciary Committee recommended it
    5. Apr 14Sent to Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
    6. Apr 15Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee recommended it
    7. Apr 22Passed the Senate

    In the House of Representatives Apr 23 – May 5

    1. Apr 23Arrived in the House of Representatives
    2. May 5Passed the House of Representatives

    To the Governor May 13 – Jun 3

    1. May 13Numbered Public Act 04-192
    2. May 18Sent to the Secretary of the State
    3. Jun 3Signed by the Governor
    All 28 actions, as published
    1. Feb 9REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 13PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 2Joint Favorable Change of ReferenceBoth houses
    4. Mar 4FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 8RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    6. Mar 8FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    7. Mar 9FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives
    8. Mar 19Joint FavorableBoth houses
    9. Mar 22FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    10. Apr 1REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    11. Apr 7RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    12. Apr 7FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    13. Apr 7SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    14. Apr 7FILE NO.Both houses
    15. Apr 14REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    16. Apr 14RULES SUSPENDED/IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTALSenate
    17. Apr 15Joint FavorableBoth houses
    18. Apr 15FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    19. Apr 15RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    20. Apr 15NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    21. Apr 15FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    22. Apr 22SENATE PASSEDSenate
    23. Apr 23FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    24. Apr 23HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    25. May 5HOUSE PASSEDHouse of Representatives
    26. May 13PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
    27. May 18TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
    28. Jun 3SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor