CS/SB 1970 (2021) -  Law Enforcement Reform

General Bill by Criminal Justice and Pizzo (CO-SPONSORS) Rodriguez
Law Enforcement Reform: Requiring the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission to adopt rules prohibiting law enforcement officers, correctional officers, or correctional probation officers from using specified techniques; providing an exception; requiring the commission to provide specified data regarding final commission orders to the National Decertification Index; requiring the commission to establish and maintain standards for the instruction of officers in specified subjects in order to build upon and improve police-community relations; revising the minimum aspects of law enforcement that the law enforcement accreditation program must address, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2022
Last Event: 04/30/21 S Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7051 (Ch. 2021-241) on Friday, April 30, 2021 2:40 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Criminal Justice
    • On agenda for: 03/16/21 12:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
    • On agenda for: 03/24/21 4:30 PM
    • Recommendation: Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 1513 Subject: Law Enforcement and Correctional Officer Accreditation and Standards Relationship: Similar
Bill #: HB 7051 Subject: Law Enforcement and Correctional Officer Practices Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice 3/24/2021 6:19:39 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice 3/23/2021 8:22:13 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 3/16/2021 5:48:33 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 3/15/2021 12:14:07 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7051 (Ch. 2021-241) Time: 04/30/2021 - 2:40 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Time: 03/25/2021 - 8:11 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 313 Time: 03/24/2021 - 5:43 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/24/21, 4:30 pm, 37 Senate Building Time: 03/19/2021 - 2:23 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Version: c1
Event: S CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 280 Time: 03/18/2021 - 8:19 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Time: 03/17/2021 - 2:23 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 03/17/2021 - 11:43 AM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 271 Time: 03/16/2021 - 1:56 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/16/21, 12:30 pm, 110 Senate Building Time: 03/11/2021 - 2:33 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 220 Time: 03/10/2021 - 11:56 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 220 Time: 03/04/2021 - 4:52 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 03/01/2021 - 11:29 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
943.10 HB 1513, HB 1531
943.12 HB 1513
943.121 HB 1513
943.125 HB 299, CS/CS/SB 890, SB 1402, HB 1451, HB 1513, CS/CS/HB 1541
943.1715 HB 1513
943.1716 HB 1513