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HB 1513: Law Enforcement and Correctional Officer Accreditation and Standards

GENERAL BILL by Duran

Law Enforcement and Correctional Officer Accreditation and Standards; Requires Criminal Justice Standards & Training Commission to adopt rules prohibiting law enforcement officers, correctional officers, or correctional probation officers from using specified techniques; requires commission to adopt rules requiring employing agencies to report information related to use of such techniques; requires commission to provide specified data regarding final commission orders to National Decertification Index; requires commission to establish & maintain standards for instruction of officers in specified subjects; provides minimum required standards for deescalation training; requires that by specified date each law enforcement agency adopt certain policy; requires commission to create & publish it on its website model written policy; requires every officer receive minimum number of hours of deescalation training.

Effective Date: 7/1/2021
Last Action: 4/30/2021 House - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7051 (Ch. 2021-241)
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/1/2021 House • Filed
3/2/2021 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/5/2021 House • Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
• Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• Referred to Judiciary Committee
• Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
4/30/2021 House • Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7051 (Ch. 2021-241)