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SB 418: Law Enforcement Officer Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder

GENERAL BILL by Jones

Law Enforcement Officer Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder; Requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to establish a program to improve communication between individuals with autism spectrum disorder and law enforcement officers under certain circumstances; requiring the department to develop and make available to individuals with autism spectrum disorder a certain envelope by a specified date; defining the terms “agency” and “autism spectrum disorder”; requiring the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission within the Department of Law Enforcement to establish an employment training component relating to individuals with autism spectrum disorder, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/30/2026 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/04/26, 3:45 pm, 37 Senate Building
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/6/2025 Senate • Filed
11/17/2025 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
1/13/2026 Senate • Introduced
1/21/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
1/26/2026 Senate • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
1/27/2026 Senate • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
1/30/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/04/26, 3:45 pm, 37 Senate Building