Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on May 20, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.
2015 Regular Session
House Bill 5437
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ALVIN W. PENN RACIAL PROFILING PROHIBITION ACT.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To amend the Alvin W. Penn Racial Profile Prohibition Act to provide that violation of the act is a discriminatory practice, to provide that each traffic stop, including those that do not result in a citation, results in an electronic record on an electronic device in the police vehicle, to provide that such electronic device print notice and information in English and Spanish to be given to each person stopped concerning how to file a claim under the act, to provide that a copy of such notice and information be provided as part of each motor vehicle operator's license renewal notification and to provide that each municipal police department, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and any other department with authority to conduct a traffic stop may be reimbursed for the costs associated with equipping any police officer's vehicle with such an electronic device.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 15 to May 20, 2015, 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 action20 actions on 14 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 15 to May 20 · stopped125 days
Judiciary CommitteeJan 15 to Mar 2771 days
Appropriations CommitteeMay 5 to May 116 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 15 – May 11
- Jan 15Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
- Mar 12Drafted as a bill by Judiciary Committee
- Mar 13Sent to Judiciary Committee
- Mar 16Heard in Judiciary Committee
- Mar 27Judiciary Committee recommended it
- May 5Sent to Appropriations Committee
- May 11Appropriations Committee recommended a substitute for it
All 20 actions, as published
- Jan 15REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 11Vote to DraftBoth houses
- Mar 12DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
- Mar 13REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 16PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 27Joint FavorableBoth houses
- Mar 30FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Apr 7REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Apr 14RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Apr 14FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
- Apr 14HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
- Apr 14FILE NO.Both houses
- May 5REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
- May 11Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
- May 12FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- May 14REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- May 20RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- May 20NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
- May 20TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
- May 20FILE NO.Both houses