Raised H.B. No. 6878
Session Year 2023
 


AN ACT CONCERNING APPEALS REGARDING GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY OF POLICE OFFICERS, USE OF FORCE BY A PEACE OFFICER, SEARCHES OF MOTOR VEHICLES, PURSUIT OF A SUSPECT POLICIES AND VERIFICATION OF RESIDENCE ADDRESSES OF PERSONS ON THE SEX OFFENSE REGISTRY.

To (1) allow a police officer to make an interlocutory appeal of a trial court's denial of an application of the defense of governmental immunity, (2) employ a reasonable officer standard for determinations of whether use of force is justified, (3) restore a police officer's ability to request consent to search a motor vehicle under certain circumstances, (4) cause a revision of the model police pursuit policy to include provisions concerning pursuit of a person suspected of larceny of a motor vehicle or a catalytic converter or trafficking in persons, and (5) ensure that a person registered on the sex offense registry has registered his or her actual residence address.

Introduced by:
Judiciary Committee

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Bill History

 Date Action Taken
 3/9/2023Public Hearing 03/13
 3/8/2023Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

Co-sponsors of HB-6878

Rep. Greg S. Howard, 43rd Dist.
Rep. Jill Barry, 31st Dist.
Rep. Craig C. Fishbein, 90th Dist.
Rep. William Pizzuto, 71st Dist.
Rep. Ben McGorty, 122nd Dist.
Rep. Nicole Klarides-Ditria, 105th Dist.

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