Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits public servants from searching individuals seeking to access public buildings or public transportation without their consent, and from intentionally touching certain body parts during a search.

Highlights:

• Prohibits a public servant from committing certain actions while performing his or her assigned job duties including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 1):
• Performing a search without effective consent for the purpose of granting access to a public building or form of public transportation; and
• Intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly touches the anus, sexual organ, buttocks, or breast of another person, including touching through clothing.

• Defines "public servant" as any of the following (Sec. 1):
• An officer, employee, or agent of the United States;
• An officer or employee of another person acting under contract with a branch, department, or agency of the United States for the purpose of providing a security or law enforcement service; or
• Any other person acting under color of federal law.

• Specifies that consent is only effective if all of the following occur immediately before the search is commenced (Sec. 1):
• The public servant provides a verbal description of the area to be searched and the method to be used in the search; and
• The person to be searched, or the person's parent or guardian, verbally consents to the search.

• Representative Bohac intended to vote "yea," but he was temporarily absent from the House chamber.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits public servants from searching individuals seeking to access public buildings or public transportation without their consent, and from intentionally touching certain body parts during a search.

Highlights:

• Prohibits a public servant from searching an individual seeking to access a public building or public transportation if the public servant (Sec. 1):
• Performs the search without the individual's effective consent; or
• Intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly touches the anus, sexual organ, buttocks, or breast of the individual, including touching through clothing.

• Defines "public servant" as any of the following individuals (Sec. 1):
• An officer, employee, or agent of the United States;
• An officer or employee of another person acting under contract with a branch, department, or agency of the United States for the purpose of providing a security or law enforcement service; and
• Any other person acting under Federal law.

• Specifies that consent is effective only if the following occur immediately before any search (Sec. 1):
• The public servant provides a verbal description of the areas to be searched and the method to be used in the search; and
• The public servant receives consent for the search from the individual to be searched, or from the individual's parent or guardian.

Full Bill Text