BILL NUMBER: AB 953INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Weber FEBRUARY 26, 2015 An act relating to racial profiling. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 953, as introduced, Weber. Law enforcement: racial profiling. Existing law creates the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and requires it to develop and disseminate guidelines and training for all law enforcement officers, as described. Existing law requires the training prescribe patterns, practices, and protocols that prevent racial profiling, as defined. Existing law requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to conduct a study of the data that is voluntarily collected by jurisdictions that have instituted a program of data collection with regard to racial profiling. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that revises the definition of "racial profiling" and requires law enforcement departments to collect, analyze, and report data on individual stops in order to identify and eliminate unjustified racial disparities and bias. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that revises the definition of "racial profiling" and requires law enforcement departments to collect, analyze, and report data on individual stops in order to identify and eliminate unjustified racial disparities and bias.