NCJ Number
208517
Date Published
2005
Length
72 pages
Annotation
This report summarizes 2004 State legislative hearings for 26 States.
Abstract
Compiled by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), this report offers summary information on laws considered during the 2004 legislative sessions in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming. During the 2004 legislative session, Alabama considered Senate Bill 162 on bias-based policing that would require State and local law enforcement agencies to adopt written policies prohibiting racial profiling and directs these agencies to gather statistics at all traffic stops documenting the characteristics of the persons stopped. The Indiana General Assembly considered House Bill 1098 on child safety, which would make Indiana’s child-restraint law one of the toughest in the county. HB 1098 requires children to ride in car seats or booster seats until the age of 8 years. The Mississippi legislature considered Senate Bill 2284 on identity theft that would require that a driver’s license number be different from the licensee’s social security number. In New Mexico, the house passed House Bill 233, which prohibits trespassing on agricultural facilities as an antiterrorism method. The Oklahoma legislature considered House Bill 2626 that would stiffen penalties for domestic violent by increasing the maximum punishment for first offenders from a $3,000 fine to a $5,000 fine and/or 1 year in jail. Similar information is offered for each bill considered by each of the 26 States.