State and Local Law Enforcement Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act of 2007
Latest action · Jan 31, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1422-1425)
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.
- IntroducedJan 31, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Declares that an officer shall not be: (1) prohibited from engaging in political activity or be denied the right to refrain from engaging in such activity, except when on duty or acting in an official capacity; and (2) prohibited from being a candidate for an elective office or from serving in such elective office solely because of the officer's status as an officer, with exceptions.
Requires that: (1) each law enforcement agency adopt and thereafter comply with a written complaint procedure that meets specified requirements; and (2) an investigation based on a complaint from outside the agency commence not later than 15 days after receipt of the complaint by the agency employing the officer against whom the complaint has been made, or any other agency charged with investigating such complaint.
Directs that any officer who is the subject of an investigation be notified of the investigation 24 hours before the commencement of questioning. Establishes rights of officers before and during questioning, including the right to counsel. Requires questioning to be conducted at reasonable hours. Prohibits an officer from being compelled to submit to the use of a lie detector.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 31, 2007 to Sep 23, 2008; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| R-KY | Mitch McConnell | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Sep 10, 2007 | |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | May 13, 2008 | |
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | Sep 23, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 31, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 31, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jan 31, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1421-1422)
- Jan 31, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1422-1425)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1421Text printed S1422–S1425 | Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DE (text) | Jan 31, 2007 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 688 | State and Local Law Enforcement Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act of 2007 | Related bill | Jan 24, 2007 |
| HR 3440 | Law Enforcement Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act of 2007 | Related bill | Sep 10, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide standards and procedures to guide both State and local law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers during internal investigations, interrogation of law enforcement officers, and administrative disciplinary hearings, to ensure accountability of law enforcement officers, to guarantee the due process rights of law enforcement officers, and to require States to enact law enforcement discipline, accountability, and due process laws.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- State and Local Law Enforcement Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Administrative remedies
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation
- Disciplining of employees
- Dismissal of employees
- Due process of law
- Election candidates
- Employee rights
- Evidence (Law)
- Federal preemption
- Fines (Penalties)
- Government employee unions
- Government employees' political activities
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Grievance procedures
- Injunctions
- Judicial opinions
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Law enforcement officers
- Leave of absence
- Local employees
- Local laws
- Personnel records
- Police
- Police brutality
- Police corruption
- Police questioning
- Police-community relations
- Polygraphs
- Right of privacy
- Right to counsel
- Self-incrimination
- Sound recording and reproducing
- State employees
- State laws
- Subpoena
- Witnesses
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 31, 2007Introduced in Senate
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