Bill > HB1275

Introduced Session

The bill prohibits local and state law enforcement officers from concealing their identity while interacting with the public, with certain exceptions. The bill clarifies state criminal jurisdiction to cover criminal conduct committed by a federal law enforcement officer in the state, even if the officer was acting under color of federal authority. Federal criminal immunity or defense from prosecution does not prohibit state criminal prosecution of a federal law enforcement officer. The bill requires the peace officer standards and training board (P.O.S.T. board) to deny certification to an individual who has previously been employed or who is currently employed by the United States immigration and customs enforcement agency or the United States customs and border protection agency. The bill requires the P.O.S.T. board to prescribe a training for all current and future peace officers regarding immigration law, a peace officer's duty to intervene, excessive force policies, and a peace officer's jurisdictional limit. A peace officer is required to intervene to prevent a federal law enforcement officer from using excessive force. The bill expands the conduct that can constitute the crime of impersonating a peace officer to include a person performing a law enforcement act while concealing the person's identity.

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Meg Froelich (D)*,  Iman Jodeh (D)*,  Michael Weissman (D)*,  Yara Zokaie (D)*,  Jennifer Bacon (D),  Michael Carter (D),  Chad Clifford (D),  Lisa Cutter (D),  Jessie Danielson (D),  Lorena García (D),  Lindsay Gilchrist (D),  Lori Goldstein (D),  Eliza Hamrick (D),  Nick Hinrichsen (D),  Jamie Jackson (D),  Cathy Kipp (D),  Sheila Lieder (D),  Javier Mabrey (D),  Matt Martinez (D),  Karen McCormick (D),  Kenny Nguyen (D),  Amy Paschal (D),  Gretchen Rydin (D),  Lesley Smith (D),  Tammy Story (D),  Tom Sullivan (D),  Brianna Titone (D),  Elizabeth Velasco (D),  Katie Wallace (D),  Jenny Willford (D),  Steven Woodrow (D), 

House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (on 03/17/2026)

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