Relates to race-blind charging guidelines for prosecution agencies
Summary
Requires the department of criminal justice services to develop, issue, and publish "race-blind charging" guidelines for a process whereby all prosecution agencies that prosecute criminal violations of the law as felonies or misdemeanors, shall implement a process by which an initial review of a case for potential charging is performed based on information, including police reports and criminal histories from the department of justice, from which direct means of identifying the race of the suspect, victim, or witness have been removed.
Bill status
in committee
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Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 30, 2026
Last action Jan 30, 2026
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Jan 30, 2026
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REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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