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34	29		BILL NO. 2161 By: Ford of the House
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38	33		Weaver of the Senate
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43	40		An Act relating to law enforcement officers; stating
44	41		membership requirements for government entities that
45	42		establish citizen review boards ; requiring majority
46	43		vote when making findings or recommendations;
47	44		providing procedures when member ship requirements are
48	45		not met; providing exemptions; stating findings of
49	46		the Legislature; providing for codifica tion; and
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55	52		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
56	53		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
57	54		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 34.6 of Title 22, unless there
58	55		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
59	56		A. When a government entity establishes a citizen review board
60	57		to investigate an allegation of misconduct by a law enforcement
61	58		officer, at least two-thirds (2/3) of the committee, board, agency,
62	59		department, office or entity that makes a rec ommendation or imposes
63	60		disciplinary action shall be composed of law enforcement officers
64	61		certified by the Council o n Law Enforcement Education and Training.
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92	88		B. Any findings or recommendatio ns from any committee, board,
93	89		agency, department, office or entity shall require a majority vo te
94	90		to do any of the following:
95	91		1. Investigate law enforcement officer mis conduct;
96	92		2. Influence the conduct of or certify law enforcement officer
97	93		misconduct investigations;
98	94		3. Recommend disciplinary actions for law enforcement officer
99	95		misconduct; or
100	96		4. Impose discipline for law enforcement officer misconduct.
101	97		C. If the person or committee, board, age ncy, department,
102	98		office or entity does n ot meet the two-thirds (2/3) requirement
103	99		prescribed in subsection A of this section, a supervisor, a
104	100		department or an agency head that supervises a law enforcement
105	101		officer may investigate and impose discipline for th e law
106	102		enforcement officer's misconduct if the supervisor, department or
107	103		agency head acts independently of the person, committee, board,
108	104		agency, department, office or entity.
109	105		D. This section shall not apply to any of the following:
110	106		1. A person or a committee, board, agency, department , office,
111	107		civil service board or entity that only r eviews the actions
112	108		described in subsection A of this section and does not determine the
113	109		initial level of discipline or have the authority to increase the
114	110		severity of the disciplinary action ;
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142	137		2. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training
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144	139		3. A multijurisdictional law enforcement agency or task force
145	140		or a similar entity that is charged with investigating the use of
146	141		force by law enforcement offi cers, if at least two -thirds (2/3) of
147	142		the membership of the multijurisdictional law enforcement agency or
148	143		task force or the similar entity consists of law enforcement
149	144		officers who are certified by CLEET;
150	145		4. An entity that investigates federal employment
151	146		discrimination; and
152	147		5. The Oklahoma Stat e Bureau of Investigation .
153	148		E. The Legislature finds that setting and maintaining standards
154	149		of professionalism and integrity of law enforcement officers in this
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156	151		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
157		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
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	152	+	Passed the House of Representatives the 13th day of March, 2023.
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	161	+	Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2023.
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