The Law Enforcement community is seeing a trend in state bills being passed across the U.S., and it can be hard to keep up with what’s been approved and what is still pending. Within the interactive map below, you’ll find curated information on newly passed bills that influence training, early warning systems, use-of-force measures, and operations of police agencies. Click on your state to see the most recently passed legislation.
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H.B. 411 – 2021 (Section 36-21-55.1 of the Code of Alabama 1975)
Data transparency
Relating to law enforcement; to require the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission to create a database of certain information relating to law enforcement officers; to provide that the information in the database is confidential; to provide for criminal penalties for unauthorized disclosure; to require former law enforcement employers to disclose information to another law enforcement agency for purposes of employment or appointment of law enforcement officers; to provide immunity for certain disclosures…etc.
H.B. 356 – 2023 (Section 36-21-51.1 of the Code of Alabama 1975)
Other training
Relating to law enforcement training; require training related to individuals with certain sensory needs.
See also
S.B. 341 (Section 45-56-230.02), S.B. 347 (Section 45-15-233), H.J.R 241
H.B. 2168 (Section 38-1118 of the Arizona Revised Statutes) – 2021
Data transparency
Requires law enforcement agencies to report data annually on use-of-force incidents involving public officers to the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission beginning January 1, 2022, Requires data collected and reported to ACJC be consistent with the National Use of Force Data Collection, Requires ACJC to develop collection standards and reporting guidelines on use-of-force incident data, Mandates beginning March 1, 2023, ACJC to annually publish in a publicly available database the use-of-force data reported during the previous year, Clarifies use-of-force data collected and reported to ACJC or for national use-of-force data collection is public record… etc.
H.B. 2721 (Section 38-1117 of the Arizona Revised Statutes) – 2022
Investigations
Modifies, retroactive to January 1, 2021, the membership and voting requirements of specified entities that investigate law enforcement officer misconduct.
See also
H.B. 2159 (38-612, 38-1004, 38-1104, 38-1106, 38-1108, 38-1110, 38-1112)
H.B. 2860 (26-106, 41-1612, 41-1712; Version 2, 41-1730, 41-1762, 41-2401, 41-2409, 41-2410)
H.B. 1721 – 2021
Other training
An act to be known as the "Arkansas Phoenix Act of 2021"; concerning the statute of limitations for offenses involving domestic violence; concerning the training given to law enforcement officers for situations in which domestic violence is suspected; and for other purposes.
H.B. 1865 – 2021
Other training
An act to require training concerning a law enforcement officer's duty to intervene when the law enforcement officer observes the use of excessive force by another law enforcement officer; and for other purposes.
H.B. 1396 – 2023
Other training
An act concerning law enforcement officer training and standards; to require training concerning persons with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias for officer certification; and for other purposes.
H.B. 1458 – 2023
Other training
An act to create the Vincent Parks Law; to require instructors complete training on the recognition and management of certain health conditions; to set certain procedures if a cadet or officer receiving training has symptoms of a sudden cardiac arrest; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.
See also
A.B. 1196 – 2020
Use of force
Prohibits law enforcement agencies from authorizing carotid restraint holds and choke holds.
A.B. 26 – 2021
Use of force, Peer reporting
Requires use of force policies for law enforcement agencies to include the requirement that officers "immediately" report potential excessive force, and further describes the requirement to "intercede" if another officer uses excessive force. Provides additional specifications for law enforcement agency policies on the duty to intervene when another officer uses excessive force.
A.B. 48 – 2021
Use of force, Data transparency
Provides that the use of kinetic energy projectiles or chemical agents, as defined, shall only be used by a peace officer that has received training on their proper use by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) for crowd control if the use is objectively reasonable to defend against a threat to life or serious bodily injury to any individual, including any peace officer, or to bring an objectively dangerous and unlawful situation safely and effectively under control, and in compliance with specified requirements.
A.B. 57 – 2021
Other training
Requires the basic peace officer course curriculum to include instruction on the topic of hate crimes, which shall incorporate a specified hate crimes video developed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST).
S.B. 16 – 2021
Data transparency
Expands the categories of police personnel records that are subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act (CPRA); and modifies existing provisions regarding the release of records subject to disclosure.
S.B. 715 – 2021
Investigations
Clarifies what qualifies as an “unarmed” civilian to trigger investigations of officer involved shootings by the Attorney General’s Office.
S.B. 882 – 2022
Other training
Creates an advisory council within the Department of Justice (DOJ) responsible for evaluating and reporting on existing training for peace officers related to interactions between law enforcement and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Additionally, this bill requires use of force incident reports sent to DOJ by local law enforcement agencies to include information on whether the officer perceived that someone involved had a intellectual or developmental disability, among other information…
A.B. 2761 – 2022
Data transparency
Requires a state or local correctional facility to post specified information on its website within 10 days after the death of a person who died while in custody, and to update that information within 30 days of any change…
S.B. 400 – 2024
Data transparency
This bill clarifies that law enforcement agencies that formerly employed a peace officer are not prohibited from disclosing the termination for cause of that officer, as specified.
A.B. 3092 – 2024
Data transparency
This bill would require the law enforcement agency or agency in charge of the correctional facility, if any of the information changes or new information becomes available regarding the death, to update its written report to the Attorney General within 10 days of the date of the change or the date the new information becomes available.
See also
A.B. 481, A.B. 485, A.B. 1406, A.B. 2147, A.B. 2418, A.B. 2773, S.B. 2, A.B. 89, A.B. 483, A.B. 490, S.B. 586, S.B. 715, A.B. 846, A.B. 1506, A.B. 3099, A.B. 443, A.B. 2631
S.B.21-174 Policies For Peace Officer Credibility Disclosures – 2021
Data transparency
Creates the peace officer credibility disclosure notification committee (committee), which is required to create a statewide model for peace officer credibility disclosure notifications (statewide model) by December 1, 2021. The statewide model must include policies and procedures that law enforcement agencies and district attorneys' offices are required to adopt and implement on or before January 1, 2022.
H.B. 21-1122 First Responder Interactions Persons With Disabilities – 2021
Other training
Establishes the commission on improving first responder interactions with persons with disabilities (commission) in the attorney general's office.
H.B. 21-1250 Measures to Address Law Enforcement Accountability – 2021
Use of force, Investigations, Data transparency, Peer reporting
Makes changes to the provisions of Senate Bill 20-217, enacted in 2020, (SB 217) to provide clarity and address issues discovered since the passage of that bill.
S.B. 22-145 Resources To Increase Community Safety – 2022
De-escalation training, Other training
This act establishes 3 new grant programs within the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety.
S.B. 23-070 Mandatory School Resource Officer Training – 2023
Other training
Concerning mandatory annual training by safe2tell for school resource officer training.
H.B. 24-1103 Prohibiting Term Excited Delirium – 2024
Other training
Concerning prohibitions on the official use of the term "excited delirium".
H.B. 24-1372 Regulating Law Enforcement Use of Prone Restraint – 2024
Use of force
Concerning regulating the use of prone restraint by law enforcement.
See also
H.B. 6004 An Act Concerning Police Accountability – 2020
Use of force, Data transparency, Investigations, Peer reporting, Other training
An act concerning police accountability.
s.H.B. 6462 An Act concerning Use of Force by a Peace Officer - 2021
Use of force
To delay changes to provisions concerning use of force by a peace officer enacted as part of public act 20-1 (H.B 6004 – 2020) of the July special session and to make certain other changes to said provisions.
s.S.B. 892 - 2021
Investigations
To make minor changes to (1) the process of appointments, reviews and evaluations by the Criminal Justice Commission including concerning the appointment of the Inspector General, (2) the membership of the Division of Criminal Justice Advisory Board, and (3) the process by which use of force by a peace officer is investigated.
s.H.B. 5349 – 2022
Investigations
To require the timely reporting by the police of a death to the next of kin.
s.H.B. 5420 – 2022
Other training
To (1) prohibit discipline of a police officer solely due to receipt of services as a result of a behavioral health assessment; (2) require the Police Officer Standards and Training Council to develop training curriculum for police officer interactions with persons who have mental or physical disabilities, and persons who are deaf, hard of hearing or deaf-blind; (3) appropriate money for crisis intervention training for police officers; (4) establish a task force to study the mental health needs of law enforcement officers; (5) require a study to determine the percentage of 9-1-1 dispatch calls that would be more appropriately directed to the 2-1-1 Infoline; (6) require a report on the use of online or remote technology by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council for police officer training after initial certification; and (7) require a report on the Community and Law Enforcement for Addiction Recovery project.
S.B. 972 – 2023
Other training
To require police officer training on strategies including crisis intervention, and to develop recommendations on how police officers and social workers may collaborate.
S.B. 234 – 2024
Data transparency
To exempt certain law enforcement records from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
See also
H.J.R. 4 – 2021
Data transparency
Directing the Criminal Justice Council to establish and publish integrity reports concerning complaints made against police officers in each police agency in this state and to create and publish a list of decertified police officers in this state.
S.B. 147 - 2021
Use of force
Codifies a reasonableness requirement for the use of force, both non-lethal and lethal. This Act makes it clear that the determination of one’s state of mind is an objective standard —that is, what a reasonable person would have believed, rather than what the defendant believed. Additionally, this Act makes clear that deadly force includes the use of a chokehold.
S.B. 148 - 2021
Investigations, Data transparency
Expands the Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust’s responsibility to review deadly use of force incidents by law enforcement by adding review of cases involving serious physical injury. It also requires that if the Division issues a public report on the use of force, the report must include the race of the law enforcement officer who used force, the race of the individual on whom force was used, and whether race was a relevant or motivating factor.
H.B. 350 - 2021
Use of force
Creates the crime of Aggravated Strangulation. A person is guilty of Aggravated Strangulation if the person is a law-enforcement officer, and while acting within the person’s official capacity as a law-enforcement officer, knowingly or intentionally uses a chokehold on another person. Under this Act, a chokehold is only justifiable when the person reasonably believes deadly force is warranted in order to protect the life of a civilian or law-enforcement officer. Aggravated Strangulation is a Class D felony unless the law-enforcement officer using a chokehold causes serious physical injury or death to another person thereby elevating the crime to a Class C felony. This Act also makes clear that if a person is charged under this section, such a charge shall not preclude or limit the State or any other prosecuting agency from bringing other criminal charges against the person.
H.S. 1 for H.B. 205 - 2023
Investigations, Data transparency
An act to amend Title 11 of the Delaware Code relating to the law enforcement officer Bill of Rights.
H.B. 206 - 2023
Other training
An act to amend Titles 10, 11, 24, 29, and 4 of the Delaware Code relating to Police Officer Standards and Training Commission.
S.B. 890 Use of Electronic Databases – 2021
Other training
Prohibiting the use or release, not authorized by law, of any information contained in the Driver and Vehicle Information Database; requiring the law enforcement accreditation program to address access to and use of personal identification information contained in electronic databases; requiring the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission to incorporate into the course curriculum required for initial certification of law enforcement officers instruction on the authorized access to and use of personal identification information contained in electronic databases, etc.
H.B. 7051 Law Enforcement and Correctional Officer Practices – 2021
Use of force, Data transparency, Investigations, De-escalation training
Requires application for employment or appointment as law enforcement or correctional officer to contain specified disclosures; requires background investigation of applicant to include specified information; requires employing agencies to maintain employment information for minimum period; requires establishment of standards for officer training & policies concerning use of force; requires law enforcement agencies to establish policies for specified use of force investigations; requires investigation to include an independent report; requires report to be submitted to state attorney; requires law enforcement agencies to submit specified data to FDLE; prohibits child younger than certain age from being arrested, charged, or adjudicated delinquent for delinquent act or violation of law.
Other training
Requires FDLE to establish online, continued employment training component relating to Alzheimer's disease & related forms of dementia; requires training component be developed with DOEA; specifies instruction requirements for training; authorizes completion of such training to count toward certain requirement.
H.B. 601: Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers – 2024
Investigations
Authorizing county sheriffs to establish civilian oversight boards to review the policies and procedures of the sheriff's office and its subdivisions; prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting or attempting to enforce certain ordinances relating to the receipt, processing, or investigation of complaints against law enforcement officers or correctional officers, or relating to civilian oversight of law enforcement agency investigations of complaints of misconduct by such officers; revising the base salary for sheriffs; authorizing the chief of a municipal police department to establish a civilian oversight board to review the policies and procedures of the chief's department and its subdivisions, etc.
See also
S.B. 59 – 2023
Investigations, Data transparency
Establishes the Office of the Inspector General; to provide for definitions; to provide for duties; to provide certain powers; to provide procedures for the application of the duties and powers of such office; to provide a duty to report certain actions; to provide for employment of peace officers; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
H.B. 383 – 2023
Other training
To amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assault and battery and related offenses against persons, so as to provide for enhanced penalties for aggravated assault and aggravated battery committed upon emergency health workers and healthcare workers in certain circumstances; to provide for a definition; to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to provide for P.O.S.T. certified peace officers employed by hospitals to serve as hospital peace officers; to provide for law enforcement authority of hospital peace officers on hospital campuses; to provide for certification requirements of hospital peace officers; to provide for reporting and records requirements; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
S.B. 1611 – 2024
Data transparency
Requires law enforcement agencies and the Law Enforcement Standards Board to consult the National Decertification Index and report certain information related to a law enforcement officer's certification status to the Index.
See also
H.B. 285 – 2020
Use of force, Data transparency
Requires county police departments to disclose to the Legislature the identity of an officer upon an officer's suspension or discharge. Amends the Uniform Information Practices Act to allow for public access to information about suspended officers. Authorizes the law enforcement standards board to revoke certifications and requires the board to review and recommend statewide policies and procedures relating to law enforcement, including the use of force…
H.B. 2171 – 2022
Other training
Establishes a Department of Law Enforcement to consolidate and administer criminal law enforcement and investigations functions of the State effective upon approval and reestablishes the Department of Public Safety as an independent Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to administer the corrections, rehabilitation, and reentry of the inmate population effective 1/1/2024. Transfers the law enforcement functions of the Department of Public Safety to the Department of Law Enforcement effective 1/1/2024, and the law enforcement functions of the Department of Transportation, the non-statutorily mandated functions of the investigations division of the Department of the Attorney General, and the Office of Homeland Security to the Department of Law Enforcement effective 1/1/2024…
H.B. 823 – 2023
Data transparency
Expands the scope of reports on correctional facility and community correctional center deaths that are submitted to the governor and legislature. Requires certain reports to be published on the department of corrections and rehabilitation website. Mandates public access to other information reported.
S.B. 372 – 2023
Use of force, Peer reporting
Provides that a law enforcement officer has a duty to intervene if the law enforcement officer reasonably believes that another law enforcement officer is using unnecessary or excessive force on an arrestee. Requires the law enforcement officer to report the incident to the other law enforcement officer's supervisor. Requires relevant departments to submit annual reports to the Legislature.
S.B. 151 – 2023
Use of force, Peer reporting, Other training
Requires any department or agency employing law enforcement officers to maintain publicly available policies on minimum standards on the use of force. Allows use of force policies and training to be introduced as evidence in proceedings. Requires law enforcement officers to report the use of excessive force by another law enforcement officer. Requires that law enforcement officers receive training designed to minimize the use of excessive force.
S.B. 1611 – 2024
Data transparency
Requires law enforcement agencies and the Law Enforcement Standards Board to consult the National Decertification Index and report certain information related to a law enforcement officer's certification status to the Index.
See also
H.B. 540 – 2022
Other training
Amends existing law to provide for law enforcement training, powers, and duties regarding sexual assault complaints.
H.B. 3653 – 2021
Use of force, Data transparency, Investigations, Peer reporting, De-escalation training, Other training
Statewide Use of Force Standardization, No Representation Without Population Act, Deaths in Custody, Constitutional Rights and Remedies, Amendatory Provisions, Pretrial Release, Pregnant Prisoner Rights, Mandatory Minimums, Law Enforcement, General Provisions, etc.
H.B. 3443 – 2021
Use of force
Amends the State Police Act. In a provision concerning the military equipment surplus program, changes the definition of "grenade launcher" and "tracked armored vehicle". Amends the Task Force on Constitutional Rights and Remedies Act. In a provision concerning task force members, deletes language providing for the responsibility of appointing a chairperson. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that all mandated training will be provided for at no cost to the employees, and that employees shall be paid for all time spent attending mandated training. Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act…
S.B. 1754 – 2023
Other training
An act concerning local government.
S.B. 3201 – 2024
Other training
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall conduct or approve training programs in autism-informed responses, procedures, and techniques, including specified examples of training program subjects.
S.B. 3713 – 2024
Data transparency
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to provide that law enforcement agencies may disclose law enforcement reports and records to the Attorney General to comply with the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
See also
H.B. 1006 – 2021
Use of force, De-escalation training
Requires the Indiana law enforcement training board to establish mandatory training in de-escalation as part of the use-of-force curriculum, and requires de-escalation training to be provided as a part of: (1) pre-basic training; (2) mandatory inservice training; and (3) the executive training program. Establishes a procedure to allow the Indiana law enforcement training board to decertify an officer who has committed misconduct. Defines "chokehold" and prohibits the use of a chokehold under certain circumstances…
S.B. 294 – 2022
Use of force, Other training
Changes the membership of the law enforcement training board. Requires the creation of certain statewide policies and training programs. Requires the creation of minimum standards for certain best practices.
H.B. 1321 – 2023
Other training
Requires the law enforcement training board to establish minimum standards for basic training and annual inservice training that address the mental health and wellness of law enforcement officers. Requires the executive training program to include training in mental health and wellness and suicide prevention of law enforcement officers. Provides that the mental health and wellness training may be provided online or by other means of virtual instruction. Provides that full-time firefighters' minimum training and annual training requirements must include mental health and wellness training. Requires certain persons who provide emergency medical services to obtain mental health and wellness training as a condition of licensure and certification.
H.B. 1143 – 2024
Data transparency
Permits a law enforcement agency to dispose of certain confiscated firearms by trade with a licensed firearms dealer, a licensed firearm manufacturer, or another law enforcement agency in exchange for new firearms and other law enforcement equipment. Sets forth the recording and reporting requirements for the trade of firearms by a law enforcement agency.
See also
H.F. 2647 – 2020
Use of force, De-escalation training, Other training
Relating to peace officers, including the certification, training, and prosecution of peace officers and the use of chokeholds by peace officers, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
S.F. 342 – 2021
Investigations, Other training
Relating to public records and communications in professional confidence; uniform commercial code filings; qualified immunity; peace officer health plans and workers’ compensation; certain law enforcement matters; criminal laws involving public disorder, assaults, and harassment; civil liability for certain vehicle operators; window tinting; acts on certain highways; and civil service commission examinations; providing penalties, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
H.F. 2592 – 2024
Investigations
An Act relating to the placement of a police officer on a Brady-Giglio list, including the right of a police officer to petition the court and the standard of proof required for actions regarding such placement.
See also
S.B. 34 – 2021
Use of force
Provides for responsibilities of law enforcement officers while interacting with the public.
H.B. 129 – 2021
Investigations, Other training
Relative to peace officers; to provide relative to certain reporting requirements; to provide relative to the recruitment of certain peace officer candidates; to provide relative to certain training requirements; to provide for the implementation of disciplinary policies and procedures; to provide relative to investigations into certain peace officer conduct; and to provide for related matters.
S.B. 227 – 2024
Other training
Provides for training requirements for part-time and reserve peace officers.
S.B. 439 – 2024
Other training
Requires in-person trauma-informed training for law enforcement officers.
See also
H.P. 1095 An Act Regarding the Review of Law Enforcement Use of Deadly Force – 2021
Investigations
The Attorney General shall complete an investigation of and submit to the panel the findings regarding the use of deadly force pursuant to section 200-A within 180 days of receiving notice of the use of deadly force bya law enforcement officer… This chapter does not preclude the public dissemination of that portion of a video in the custody of the Attorney General depicting the use of deadly force by law enforcement when the public interest in the evaluation of the use of deadly force by law enforcement and the review and investigation of those incidents by the Attorney General outweighs the harms contemplated in section 804…
H.P. 794 An Act To Clarify the Qualifications and Oversight of Sheriffs – 2021
Other training
Clarifies the Qualifications and Oversight of Sheriffs.