Law-enforcement officers; prohibition on use of show-up identification.
Summary
Prohibition on use of show-up identificationby law-enforcement officers. Prohibits the use of a show-up identificationby any law-enforcement officer. The bill defines a "show-up identification"as an identification procedure in which an eyewitness is presentedwith a single suspect or single photograph of a suspect for the purposeof determining whether the eyewitness identifies such suspect as the perpetrator. The bill provides that no evidence discovered or obtainedas the result of a show-up identification shall be admissible inany trial, hearing, or other proceeding. The bill also requires thewritten policy and procedures for conducting in-person and photographiclineups established by Department of State Police and each localpolice department and sheriff's office to include a prohibition onthe use of a show-up identification.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 18, 2022
Last action Feb 15, 2022
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jan 31, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2022
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 18, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 18, 2022
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 22103570D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cliff Hayes
DDemocratic
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