SB192 Alabama 2012 Session
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Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2012
Title
Traffic stops, racial profiling by law enforcement officers, prohibited, written policies, forms for statistics, and reports to Attorney General required, provision for complaints
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Existing law does not require the keeping
of statistics to determine if traffic stops are
being made solely on the basis of the racial or
ethnic status of persons</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would define racial profiling and
would prohibit a law enforcement officer from
engaging in racial profiling</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would require municipal police
departments and the Department of Public Safety to
adopt written policies to prohibit racial
profiling; would require the adoption of the forms
to be used for statistics of traffic stops; would
provide for complaints; and would require reports
to be filed in the Office of the Attorney General</p><p class="bill_description">
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama
of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the
Official Recompilation of the Constitution of
Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general
law whose purpose or effect would be to require a
new or increased expenditure of local funds from
becoming effective with regard to a local
governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote
unless: it comes within one of a number of
specified exceptions; it is approved by the
affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates
funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to
the entity for the purpose</p><p class="bill_description"> The purpose or effect of this bill would be
to require a new or increased expenditure of local
funds within the meaning of the amendment. However,
the bill does not require approval of a local
governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to
become effective because it comes within one of the
specified exceptions contained in the amendment</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to traffic stops; to prohibit a law
enforcement officer from engaging in racial profiling; to
require adoption of written policies and the forms to be used
for statistics of traffic stops; to provide for complaints; to
require reports to be filed in the Office of the Attorney
General; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose
or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of
local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the
Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section
111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of
Alabama of 1901, as amended.
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Subjects
Motor Vehicles
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| April 19, 2012 | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security | |
| April 3, 2012 | Engrossed | |
| March 22, 2012 | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 391 | |
| March 22, 2012 | Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 390 | |
| March 22, 2012 | Sanford Amendment Offered | |
| March 22, 2012 | Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 389 | |
| March 22, 2012 | Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 388 | |
| March 22, 2012 | Judiciary Amendment Offered | |
| March 22, 2012 | Judiciary Amendment Offered | |
| March 22, 2012 | Third Reading Passed | |
| February 23, 2012 | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 amendments | |
| February 7, 2012 | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB192 Alabama 2012 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Text | SB192 Alabama 2012 Session - Engrossed |