Senate Committee of Reference Report

Committee on Judiciary

Strikethrough:
removed from existing law
Screen Reader Only:
all text indicated as strikethrough will begin as 'deleted from existing statue' and finish with 'end deletion'
All-caps or Bold and Italic:
added to existing law
Screen Reader Only:
all text indicated as all-caps or bold and italic will begin as 'added to existing law' and finish with 'end insertion'

April 16, 2025

After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends the following:

HB25-1136   be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation:

Page 1, Line 1Amend reengrossed bill, page 5, strike lines 12 and 13 and substitute "by

Page 1, Line 2the peace officer's employing organization or another law

Page 1, Line 3enforcement agency in which the alleged misconduct, if

Page 1, Line 4sustained, would more likely than not result in being entered

Page 1, Line 5into the database pursuant to this section;".

Page 1, Line 6Page 5, line 15, after "investigation" insert "by the peace officer's

Page 1, Line 7employing organization or another law enforcement agency in

Page 1, Line 8which the alleged misconduct, if sustained, would more likely

Page 1, Line 9than not result in being entered into the database pursuant to

Page 1, Line 10this section,".

Page 1, Line 11Page 5, line 20, strike "law enforcement agency" and substitute

Page 1, Line 12"organization".

Page 1, Line 13Page 6, line 8, strike "a" and substitute "an".

Page 1, Line 14Page 6, strike line 9, and substitute "organization. The head of the".

Page 1, Line 15Page 8, after line 17 insert:

Page 1, Line 16"(c)  If a peace officer appeals inclusion in the database

Page 1, Line 17pursuant to either subsection (1)(e) or (1)(f) of this section and

Page 1, Line 18the peace officer's organization completed its investigation of

Page 1, Line 19the officer's conduct after the officer resigned and the

Page 1, Line 20organization cleared the officer, the officer may use that

Page 1, Line 21determination in their appeal.".

Page 1, Line 22Page 10, line 1, strike "unlawful" and substitute "excessive or

Page 2, Line 1unconstitutional".

Page 2, Line 2Page 10, line 3, strike "unlawful" and substitute "excessive or

Page 2, Line 3unconstitutional".

Page 2, Line 4Page 10, line 11, strike "agency" and substitute "organization".