LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY
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FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT
LS 6291 NOTE PREPARED: Dec 8, 2023
BILL NUMBER: SB 280 BILL AMENDED:
SUBJECT: Eyewitness Identification Procedures.
FIRST AUTHOR: Sen. Glick BILL STATUS: As Introduced
FIRST SPONSOR:
FUNDS AFFECTED:XGENERAL IMPACT: State & Local
DEDICATED
FEDERAL
Summary of Legislation: This bill establishes a procedure to be used by a law enforcement agency in
conducting a lineup. It also makes conforming amendments.
Effective Date: July 1, 2024.
Explanation of State Expenditures: If the law enforcement agency does not have enough personnel to
conduct a lineup with an independent administrator, then the Law Enforcement Training Board would be
required to approve an alternative procedure. The Law Enforcement Training Board should be able to do this
with existing resources.
Explanation of State Revenues:
Explanation of Local Expenditures: This bill would require a neutral party who is not involved in the
investigation of a criminal offense to conduct a lineup. [A lineup is a procedure in which a group of persons
is displayed to an eyewitness to determine if the eyewitness is able to identify the perpetrator of a crime.]
Counties with large law enforcement agencies should be able to do this with existing staff. Counties with a
limited number of law enforcement officers could use administrative staff that are not officers to conduct a
lineup with the approval of the Law Enforcement Training Board.
Explanation of Local Revenues:
State Agencies Affected: Law Enforcement Training Board
SB 280 1 Local Agencies Affected: County sheriffs and other municipal police departments
Information Sources: Testimony of Jimmy Gurule, Founder and Director of the Exoneration Justice Clinic
during the Interim Study Committee of the Corrections and Criminal Code, October 25, 2023
Fiscal Analyst: Mark Goodpaster, 317-232-9852.
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