l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

House Bill 828

Trust in Law Enforcement Act; require Department of Public Safety to create public database on officer misconduct.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO BE KNOWN AS THE "TRUST IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT"; TO REQUIRE THE OFFICE OF STANDARDS AND TRAINING WITHIN THE DIVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO CREATE A SEARCHABLE DATABASE THAT ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS INFORMATION REGARDING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' JOB PERFORMANCE; TO REQUIRE THE DATABASE TO BE PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY BY JANUARY 1, 2025; TO SPECIFY CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S CONDUCT AND PERFORMANCE WHICH MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE DATABASE; TO AUTHORIZE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO REQUEST A REVIEW OF DATABASE INFORMATION RELATING TO THE OFFICER; TO REQUIRE INFORMATION IN THE DATABASE TO BE ACCURATE AND UPDATED AT LEAST MONTHLY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

10 co-sponsors

Kabir Karriem, Cheikh Taylor, Rickey Thompson, Bo Brown, Robert L. Sanders, Jeffrey Hulum III, Oscar Denton, Robert L. Johnson III, Keith Jackson, Fabian Nelson

Its course

January 31 to March 5, 2024, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 31 to Mar 5 · stopped34 days

Judiciary BJan 31 to Mar 5 · stopped34 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature 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 Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 31 – Mar 5

  1. Jan 31Referred to the House committees on Judiciary B and on Appropriations A
  2. Mar 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 31Referred To Judiciary B;Appropriations AHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives