A bill for an act relating to the peace officer, public safety, and emergency personnel bill of rights, and providing fees.
This bill grants law enforcement officers the right to challenge a prosecutor's decision to place them on a Brady-Giglio list, which flags them as having credibility issues that could affect their ability to testify in court. It allows officers to petition a district court for a confidential review of the evidence used to make that decision, with the court empowered to remove the officer from the list if the challenge is successful. If an officer wins the legal challenge, the court must award them reasonable attorney fees and court costs, which are paid by the state or the local government responsible for the prosecutor. The law applies retroactively to all such placements made on or after July 1, 2021, ensuring past cases are also covered by these new protections.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2026
Committee Review
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced May 1, 2026
Signed Jun 2, 2026
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Floor votes · Senate May 2, 2026
How they voted
43–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 49
May 2, 2026
D
Democratic15
73% Yea
R
Republican34
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
3
Committee
0
Jun 2, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
May 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 44, nays 0.
upper
May 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 85, nays 0.
lower
May 1, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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