South Carolina Senate Bill 896 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on December 6 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-12-06 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend Chapter 23, Title 23 Of The 1976 Code, Relating To The Law Enforcement Training Council And Criminal Justice Academy, By Adding Section 23-23-160, To Require That Law Enforcement Agencies Develop A Use Of Force Policy, To Require That The South Carolina Law Enforcement Training Council Develop A Model Use Of Force Policy That May Be Adopted By Law Enforcement Agencies, To Mandate Use Of Force Training At The Criminal Justice Academy, To Provide That A Law Enforcement Agency That Does Not Implement A Use Of Force Policy Loses Qualified Immunity For Its Officers, And To Provide That Law Enforcement Officers In A Department That Does Not Adopt An Approved Use Of Force Policy Are Not Subject To Qualified Immunity For Any Incident That Occurs Which Would Be Addressed By The Model Use Of Force Policy.

Use of force

Sen. Maymia McLeod [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-12-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2021-12-06	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	23	160	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0896&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/896_20211206.htm