2013-2014 Session
Change SessionS.184 (Act 193)
An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
- Sponsor(s)
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- Sen. Richard Sears Jr.
- Additional Sponsors
- Sen. Timothy Ashe
- Sen. Joseph Benning
- Last Recorded Action
- House 5/10/2014 - Senate Message, Signed by Governor June 17, 2014
Bill/Resolution Text
- Other Text
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An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Detailed Status
2013 - 2014 Legislative Session
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An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Roll Call History
2013 - 2014 Legislative Session
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An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Committee Meetings
2013 - 2014 Legislative Session
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An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Meeting Full List
2013 - 2014 Legislative Session
Thursday, January 16, 2014
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Dennis Maher , DNA Exoneree, Tewksbury, MA
Rebecca Brown, Director, State Policy Reform, The Innocence Project
Daniella Henry, Policy Analyst, Innocence Project
Jennifer Thompson, Co-Author of Picking Cotton
Andrew Pappone, Staff Attorney, New England Innocence Project
William Brooks, Chief of Police, Norwood, MA Police Department
Theodore Kramer, Uniform Law Commission
Thursday, January 16, 2014
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Judiciary
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Dennis Maher , Exoneree, Tewskbury, MA
Rebecca Brown, Director, State Policy Reform, The Innocence Project
Daniella Henry, Policy Analyst, Innocence Project
Jennifer Thompson, Co-Author of Picking Cotton
Andrew Pappone, Staff Attorney, New England Innocence Project
William Brooks, Chief of Police, Norwood, MA Police Department
Theodore Kramer, Uniform Law Commission
Friday, January 17, 2014
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Judiciary
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
~ Innocence Project
Matthew Valerio, Defender General, Office of the Defender General
Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
John Treadwell, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office
Bram Kranichfeld, Executive Director, Department of State's Attorneys & Sheriffs
Thomas Sullivan, Former US Attorney for Northern District of Illinois and leader in movement Custodial Interrogations
Glenn Hall, Commander, Bureau of Criminal Investigations
Rosemary Gretkowski, General Counsel, Public Safety Department
Rebecca Brown, Director, State Policy Reform, The Innocence Project
Stephen Saltonstall, Attorney
Thursday, January 30, 2014
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Judiciary
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Rosemary Gretkowski, General Counsel, Public Safety Department
Glenn Hall, Commander, Bureau of Criminal Investigations
Tim Bombardier, Barre Chief of Police
Richard Gauthier, Incoming Chair, VT Criminal Justice Training Council
Rebecca Brown, Director, State Policy Reform, The Innocence Project
Andrew Pappone, Staff Attorney, Innocence Project
Daniella Henry, Policy Analyst, Innocence Project
Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Edward Miller, Attorney, Vermont Police Association
Rebecca Brown, Director, State Policy Reform, The Innocence Project
Andrew Pappone, Staff Attorney, Innocence Project
Tim Bombardier, Barre Chief of Police
Thursday, March 13, 2014
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 9:00 AM
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Follow-up on implementation of 2012's Act 134
Colonel Tom L'Esperance, Director, Vermont State Police
Act 134: An act relating to racial disparities in the Vermont criminal justice system; Sec.2 Law Enforcement agencies; bias-free policing policy; data collection
H.561: An act relating to requiring that all law enforcement agencies collect data on traffic stops including drivers' age, gender, race, and ethnicity
Bram Kranichfeld, Executive Director, Department of State's Attorneys & Sheriffs
Tony Facos, Chief, Montpelier Police Department
Edward Miller, Attorney, Vermont Police Association
- 11:15 AM
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Follow-up on implementation of 2012's Act 134
Sam Hill, Sheriff's Association, Washington County
Continued discussion
Douglas Johnston, Chief of Police, Springfield, Springfield
Friday, March 14, 2014
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 8:30 AM
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Follow-up on implementation of 2012's Act 134
Brendan O'Neill, Migrant Justice
Act 134: An act relating to racial disparities in the Vermont criminal justice system; Sec.2 Law Enforcement agencies; bias-free policing policy; data collection
H.561: An act relating to requiring that all law enforcement agencies collect data on traffic stops including drivers' age, gender, race, and ethnicity
Rep. Cindy Weed, Representative
Enrique Jimenez, Migrant Farmworker
Colonel Tom L'Esperance, Director, State Police
Abel Luna, Campaign Coordinator, Migrant Justice
Karen L. Richards, Executive Director, Vermont Human Rights Commission
Allen Gilbert, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union
Friday, March 21, 2014
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Walk-through by Legislative Counsel
Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Andrew Pappone, Staff Attorney, Innocence Project
Thursday, April 3, 2014
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 9:00 AM
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Rebecca Brown, Director, State Policy Reform, The Innocence Project
Drew Pappone, Attorney, Innocence Project
John Treadwell, Chief, Criminal Division, Attorney General's Office
Matthew Valerio, Defender General, Office of the Defender General
Allen Gilbert, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union
- 10:15 AM
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Richard Gauthier, Executive Director, VT Criminal Justice Training Council
Glenn Hall, Commander, Bureau of Criminal Investigations, Department of Public Safety
Theodore Kramer, Uniform Law Commission
Bram Kranichfeld, Executive Director, Department of State's Attorneys & Sheriffs
Tim Bombardier, Barre Chief of Police
Sarah Kenney, Public Policy Coordinator, VT Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
Mark Pendergrast, Author, Colchester
Rep. Anne B. Donahue, House Committee On Human Services
Thursday, April 17, 2014
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 9:00 AM
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Attorney General's Bias-Free Policing Policy
Karen L. Richards, Executive Director, Vermont Human Rights Commission
John Treadwell, Chief, Criminal Division, Attorney General's Office
Jonathan Williams, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
- after the floor
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Bias-free policing
Bram Kranichfeld, Executive Director, Department of State's Attorneys & Sheriffs
Bobby Sand, Senior Policy and Legal Advisor, Vermont Department of Public Safety
Friday, April 18, 2014
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 9:00 AM
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Bias-free policing
Richard Gauthier, Executive Director, VT Criminal Justice Training Council
Karen L. Richards, Executive Director, Vermont Human Rights Commission
Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- after the floor
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Bias-free policing
Karen Horn, Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Bias-free policing
Monday, April 28, 2014
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 4:30 PM
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Thursday, May 1, 2014
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Judiciary
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Sec. 3 Law Enforcement Agencies; Bias-Free Policing Policy; Race Data Collection
Edward Miller, Attorney, Vermont Police Association
Tony Facos, Chief, Montpelier City Police Department
Karen L. Richards, Executive Director, Vermont Human Rights Commission
Brendan O'Neill, Migrant Justice
Abel Luna, Campaign Coordinator, Migrant Justice
Sen. Joe Benning
Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Friday, May 2, 2014
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Judiciary
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Sec. 3 Law Enforcement Agencies; Bias-Free Policing Policy: Race Data Collection
Colonel Tom L'Esperance, Director, State Police
Karen Horn, Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Keith Clark, Chief, Vermont Sheriffs Association
Edward Miller, Attorney, Vermont Police Association
Tony Facos, Chief, Montpelier City Police Department
Karen L. Richards, Executive Director, Vermont Human Rights Commission
Monday, May 5, 2014
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 1:30 PM
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Consideration of Amendments
Rep. Duncan F. Kilmartin, Newport
Helena Gardner, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Judiciary
- 8:45 AM
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S.184 - An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Fair & Impartial Policing
Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Ed Miller, Lobbyist
Committee Documents
An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Witnesses Who Testified
2013 - 2014 Legislative Session
House Committee on Judiciary
- Tim Bombardier, Barre Chief of Police
- William Brooks, Chief of Police, Norwood, MA Police Department
- Rebecca Brown, Director, State Policy Reform, The Innocence Project
- Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Rep. Anne B. Donahue, House Committee On Human Services
- Tony Facos, Chief, Montpelier Police Department
- Helena Gardner, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Richard Gauthier, Executive Director, VT Criminal Justice Training Council
- Allen Gilbert, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union
- Glenn Hall, Commander, Bureau of Criminal Investigations, Department of Public Safety
- Daniella Henry, Policy Analyst, Innocence Project
- Sam Hill, Sheriff's Association, Washington County
- Karen Horn, Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
- Enrique Jimenez, Migrant Farmworker
- Douglas Johnston, Chief of Police, Springfield, Springfield
- Sarah Kenney, Public Policy Coordinator, VT Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
- Rep. Duncan F. Kilmartin, Newport
- Theodore Kramer, Uniform Law Commission
- Bram Kranichfeld, Executive Director, Department of State's Attorneys & Sheriffs
- Colonel Tom L'Esperance, Director, State Police
- Colonel Tom L'Esperance, Director, Vermont State Police
- Abel Luna, Campaign Coordinator, Migrant Justice
- Dennis Maher , DNA Exoneree, Tewksbury, MA
- Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Edward Miller, Attorney, Vermont Police Association
- Brendan O'Neill, Migrant Justice
- Andrew Pappone, Staff Attorney, Innocence Project
- Andrew Pappone, Staff Attorney, New England Innocence Project
- Drew Pappone, Attorney, Innocence Project
- Mark Pendergrast, Author, Colchester
- Karen L. Richards, Executive Director, Vermont Human Rights Commission
- Bobby Sand, Senior Policy and Legal Advisor, Vermont Department of Public Safety
- Jennifer Thompson, Co-Author of Picking Cotton
- John Treadwell, Chief, Criminal Division, Attorney General's Office
- Matthew Valerio, Defender General, Office of the Defender General
- Rep. Cindy Weed, Representative
- Jonathan Williams, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Sen. Joe Benning
- Tim Bombardier, Barre Chief of Police
- William Brooks, Chief of Police, Norwood, MA Police Department
- Rebecca Brown, Director, State Policy Reform, The Innocence Project
- Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Keith Clark, Chief, Vermont Sheriffs Association
- Tony Facos, Chief, Montpelier City Police Department
- Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Richard Gauthier, Incoming Chair, VT Criminal Justice Training Council
- Rosemary Gretkowski, General Counsel, Public Safety Department
- Glenn Hall, Commander, Bureau of Criminal Investigations
- Daniella Henry, Policy Analyst, Innocence Project
- Karen Horn, Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
- Theodore Kramer, Uniform Law Commission
- Bram Kranichfeld, Executive Director, Department of State's Attorneys & Sheriffs
- Colonel Tom L'Esperance, Director, State Police
- Abel Luna, Campaign Coordinator, Migrant Justice
- Dennis Maher , Exoneree, Tewskbury, MA
- Ed Miller, Lobbyist
- Edward Miller, Attorney, Vermont Police Association
- Brendan O'Neill, Migrant Justice
- Andrew Pappone, Staff Attorney, Innocence Project
- Andrew Pappone, Staff Attorney, New England Innocence Project
- Karen L. Richards, Executive Director, Vermont Human Rights Commission
- Stephen Saltonstall, Attorney
- Thomas Sullivan, Former US Attorney for Northern District of Illinois and leader in movement Custodial Interrogations
- Jennifer Thompson, Co-Author of Picking Cotton
- John Treadwell, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office
- Matthew Valerio, Defender General, Office of the Defender General
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An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Committee of Conference Meetings
2013 - 2014 Legislative Session
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An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Committee of Conference Meeting Full List
2013 - 2014 Legislative Session
No committee of conference meeting history found for S.184 in the 2013 - 2014 Legislative Session.
No committee of conference report found for S.184 in the 2013 - 2014 Legislative Session.
Act
- Signed into law 6/17/2014
- As Enacted (ACT 193)
- Act Summary
An act relating to law enforcement policies on eyewitness identification and bias-free policing and on recording of custodial interrogations in homicide and sexual assault cases
Statutes Affected
2013 - 2014 Legislative Session
| Statute |
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| 13 V.S.A. § 5581. Eyewitness identification policy |
| 20 V.S.A. § 2366. Law enforcement agencies; fair and impartial policing policy; race data collection |
Staff & Other Information
- Staff
- Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel
- Notes
- The House proposal of amendment to S.297 is included in the House proposal of amendment to S.184.
H.561 was incorporated into S.184.
