An Act relative to justice, equity and accountability in law enforcement in the Commonwealth

Reported by Racial Justice and Police Reform · 1 cosponsor · 191st General Court · the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 253 of the Acts of 2020.

S2963 · Bill

31 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

Date	Branch	Action
2020-11-30	Senate	Reported from the committee of conference
2020-11-30	Senate	Reported on S2820
2020-12-01	Senate	Rules suspended
2020-12-01	Senate	Committee of conference report accepted -see Roll Call #300 (Yeas 28 to Nays 12)
2020-12-01	House	Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, question being on acceptance
2020-12-01	House	Referred to the committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2020-12-01	House	Rules suspended
2020-12-01	House	Committee of conference report accepted - 92 YEAS to 67 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 283)
2020-12-01	House	Emergency preamble adopted - 123 YEAS to 36 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 284)
2020-12-01	Senate	Emergency preamble adopted -see Roll Call #301 (Yeas 28 to Nays 11)
2020-12-01	House	Enacted - 91 YEAS to 67 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 285)
2020-12-01	Senate	Enacted and laid before the Governor
2020-12-10	Senate	Governor returned to Senate with amendment, see S2975
2020-12-14	Senate	Referred to the committee on Senate Bills in the Third Reading
2020-12-21	Senate	Rules suspended
2020-12-21	Senate	Bill in the Third Reading report accepted
2020-12-21	Senate	Amendment #1 (DiZoglio) rejected -see Roll Call #310 (Yeas 12 to Nays 28)
2020-12-21	Senate	Amendment #2 (DiZoglio) rejected
2020-12-21	Senate	Amendment #4 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #311 (Yeas 12 to Nays 28)
2020-12-21	Senate	Amendment #5 (Tarr) rejected
2020-12-21	Senate	Amendment #6 (Tarr) rejected
2020-12-21	Senate	Amendment #7 (Tarr) rejected
2020-12-21	Senate	Governor's amendment adopted, as amended -see Roll Call #312 (Yeas 31 to Nays 9)
2020-12-22	House	Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2020-12-22	House	Order adopted, see H5213
2020-12-22	House	Governors amendment adopted, in concurrence
2020-12-23	House	Emergency preamble adopted
2020-12-23	Senate	Emergency preamble adopted
2020-12-23	House	Re-enacted - 107 YEAS to 51 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 326)
2020-12-21	Senate	For report, see S2981
2020-12-31	Executive	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 253 of the Acts of 2020

7 recorded votes

When	Chamber	Roll call	Question	Tally
2020-12-01	Senate	No. 300	Committee of conference report accepted -see Roll Call #300 (Yeas 28 to Nays 12)	28–12
2020-12-01 19:27	House	No. 284	On Adoption of the Emergency Preamble	123–36
2020-12-01 19:54	Senate	No. 301	Emergency preamble adopted -see Roll Call #301 (Yeas 28 to Nays 11)	28–11
2020-12-21	Senate	No. 312	Governor's amendment adopted, as amended -see Roll Call #312 (Yeas 31 to Nays 9)	31–9
2020-12-21 20:25	Senate	No. 310	Amendment #1 (DiZoglio) rejected -see Roll Call #310 (Yeas 12 to Nays 28)	12–28
2020-12-21 20:46	Senate	No. 311	Amendment #4 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #311 (Yeas 12 to Nays 28)	12–28
2020-12-23 12:10	House	No. 326	On Re-enactment	107–51

11 amendments filed

6 rejected · 5 withdrawn

No.	Title	Moved by	Outcome
House 1	No knock warrants	Timothy R. Whelan	Withdrawn
House 2	POST construct	Timothy R. Whelan	Withdrawn
House 3	Due Process	Timothy R. Whelan	Withdrawn
House 4	Police Training Definition	Carlos González	Withdrawn
Senate 1	Protection of sexually trafficked children and other vulnerable populations	Diana DiZoglio	Rejected
Senate 2	Warrant data collection	Diana DiZoglio	Rejected
Senate 3			Withdrawn
Senate 4	Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission composition	Bruce E. Tarr	Rejected
Senate 5	No knock warrants	Bruce E. Tarr	Rejected
Senate 6	Due Process	Bruce E. Tarr	Rejected
Senate 7	Reinstatement of certification after suspension	Bruce E. Tarr	Rejected

Committee actions

Action	Committee
Compromised Version	J123
Place in OD	Steering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Governor's Message Reported in the Following Form	Bills in the Third Reading (S)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.