Bill Title: Creates the Empowering Public Participation Act. Provides that a law enforcement agency or an officer employed by a law enforcement agency may not knowingly and intentionally conduct a background check of a person for the sole reason of that person speaking at an open meeting of a public body, including police disciplinary boards. Provides exemptions whenever an agency or officer develops a reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct or a reasonable suspicion of a threat to security for the premises in which the meeting is to occur or for the protection of public officials and other persons attending the meeting. Provides that a violation of the prohibition is a Class C misdemeanor. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0348 [HB1765 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	Concurrence in House	2021-05-31	73	44	1	0	118	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2021-05-29	38	17	4	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2021-04-23	111	0	0	2	113	Passed	Link	View