l9n/ Connecticut

2015 Regular Session

House Bill 5437

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ALVIN W. PENN RACIAL PROFILING PROHIBITION ACT.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on May 20, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

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.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Matthew Ritter

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.

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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 House of Representatives Jan 15 – May 11

  1. Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
  2. Drafted as a bill by Judiciary Committee
  3. Sent to Judiciary Committee
  4. Heard in Judiciary Committee
  5. Judiciary Committee recommended it
  6. Sent to Appropriations Committee
  7. Appropriations Committee recommended a substitute for it
All 20 actions, as published