Friend,
Thanks to you, the House received hundreds of pieces of written testimony on Friday in response to SB2820, leading to the release of a 129-page police reform bill in the House (HB4860).
Amendments to the House version of the bill were due yesterday at 1 pm.
Debate on the bill will begin TODAY.
While we are grateful that the House is taking up a police reform measure now, their bill
must do more
to create police accountability and advance racial justice.
What the House bill does:
- Creates a process for certifying and decertifying police
- Bans the use of chokeholds and other dangerous force
- Limits police use of racially-biased face surveillance technology
But, the House bill further weakens attempts to limit qualified immunity. If we want to create police accountability, we must dramatically limit qualified immunity and fight for other key amendments.
- Amendment #71: Alternatives to Policing (Rep. Sabadosa) This amendment would divert calls from police to teams of social workers through 911 dispatch. We have worked closely with Rep. Sabadosa on this initiative and we believe it could serve as a national model, if adopted.
- Amendment #1: Ensuring Public Accountability for School Policing (Rep. Sabadosa)
- Amendment #77: Preponderance of Evidence as the Burden of Proof for License Suspension and Revocation (Rep. Vargas)
- Amendment #86: Prioritizing Social Equity Spending of Marijuana Revenue (Rep. Miranda)
- Amendment #88: Protecting Students from Profiling (Rep. Elugardo)
- Amendment #97: Ban No-Knock Warrants (Rep. Robinson)
- Amendment #98: Decarceration (Rep. Sabadosa)
- Amendment #99: Work and Family Mobility (Reps. Barber & Farley-Bouvier)
- Amendment #103: Raise the Age to Include All High School Students (Reps. Khan, O'Day, & Malia)
- Amendment #166: Clarifying Expungement (Reps. Vargas, Decker, & Mirra)
- Amendment #176: Reforming Qualified Immunity for Law Enforcement Officers (Rep. Hecht)
Ask the House to
oppose
the following amendments that would
weaken
attempts to limit qualified immunity:
157, 172, 173, and 204.
There are other amendments we would likely oppose. Please reach out to us if you have questions.
