Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a substitute bill that increases oversight of law enforcement intelligence activities.

Highlights:

• Requires that persons included in Department of Public Safety intelligence database be notified of such inclusion (Page 1).

• Authorizes such persons to dispute such inclusion; specifies process therefor (Page 1).

• Authorizes removal of person from database if such person renounces membership in “criminal street gang” (Page 1).

• Prohibits person’s inclusion in such database from being used to determine person’s employment eligibility, constitutional rights, or obtainment of license, permit, or benefit (Page 2).

• Requires State Auditor to annually audit such database, detect potentially outdated information (Page 2).

• Requires such audit to include demographic, geographical information on included persons (Page 3).

• Requires review of unconstitutional criminal information; increases law enforcement standard from “reasonable suspicion” to “probable cause” (Page 3-4).

• Specifies process for judicial review (Page 5).

• Establishes effective date of September 1, 2021 (Page 7).

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