Bounty Hunter Responsibility Act of 2006
Latest action · Sep 26, 2006 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 26, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bounty Hunter Responsibility Act of 2006 - Declares that a surety on a bail bond, an employee of such surety, or any bounty hunter seeking to obtain or exercise custody over a person admitted to bail under state law is acting under color of law for purposes of establishing civil or criminal liability for the deprivation of federally protected rights.
States that a bounty hunter acting as an independent contractor with a surety is not an employee of the surety.
Requires each surety on a bail bond, agent of such surety, and bounty hunter to inform the local law enforcement agency of the presence of such agent, surety, and bounty hunter and of that individual's intention to seek to obtain or exercise custody over a person admitted to bail outside that state, before commencing activities in the state.
Directs the Attorney General to publish model guidelines for state control and regulation of persons employed or applying for employment as bounty hunters, which shall include recommendations as to whether a person seeking employment as a bounty hunter should be: (1) allowed to obtain such employment if that person has been convicted of a felony; (2) required to complete a basic certification course in the criminal justice system or a handgun training course; or (3) required to submit to a criminal background check.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2006Introduced in House
- Sep 26, 2006Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2621 | Bounty Hunter Responsibility Act of 2005 | Related bill | Jul 1, 2005 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Bail
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Civil rights enforcement
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information
- Criminal liability
- Detention of persons
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
- Employment tests
- Ex-offenders
- Federal-state relations
- Fingerprints
- Firearms
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Identification of criminals
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Liability (Law)
- Licenses
- Private police
- Standards
- State laws
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2006Introduced in House
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