Alaska 34th Alaska State Legislature Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

SB 42 — An Act relating to the duties of the Alaska Police Standards Council; relating to municipal correctional officers and municipal correctional employees; making municipal police officers subject to police standards; relating to the duties of the Department of Public Safety; relating to reports of incidents of use of force by state and municipal police, probation, parole, pretrial services, and correctional officers and municipal correctional facility employees; and providing for an effective date.

Last action — (S) REFERRED TO COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced January 22, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

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Stalled 16% · moderate confidence

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  • In Committee

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  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

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Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill establishes new reporting requirements for use of force incidents by various law enforcement and correctional personnel and modifies existing standards and definitions related to these officers.

  • AS 18.65.220

    (b) The council shall make recommendations relating to and may adopt regulations requiring a police officer, probation officer, parole officer, pretrial services officer, municipal correctional officer, or correctional officer to report to a supervisor, as soon as practicable, an incident in which an officer engaged in the use of force against a person.

    This adds a requirement for officers to report use of force incidents to their supervisors.

  • AS 18.65.220

    (c) The council shall maintain a central registry of the names of persons who have had a certificate denied and the names of police officers, probation officers, parole officers, pretrial services officers, municipal correctional officers, and correctional officers who have had a certificate revoked under AS 18.65.240(c) or 18.65.245.

    This creates a central registry to track denied or revoked certificates for law enforcement and correctional personnel.

  • AS 18.65.285

    MAY, BY ORDINANCE, → shall

    This changes the municipal requirement to ensure correctional employees meet police standards from optional to mandatory.

  • AS 18.65.290(6)

    AND THE MUNICIPALITY HAS ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE UNDER AS 18.65.285 MAKING AS 18.65.130 - 18.65.290 APPLICABLE;

    This removes the requirement for municipalities to adopt an ordinance for municipal correctional officers to be subject to police standards.

  • AS 29.71

    Sec. 29.71.070. Reporting requirement for use of force. A municipality that employs a person as a municipal police officer or in a municipal correctional facility shall report to the Department of Public Safety, on a form prescribed by the Department of Public Safety, each incident in which a municipal police officer or municipal correctional facility employee engages in use of force as defined in AS 18.65.290.

    This requires municipalities to report incidents of use of force by police officers and correctional facility employees to the Department of Public Safety.

  • AS 44.41.020

    (l) The Department of Public Safety shall submit to the Federal Bureau of Investigation a report of each incident in which a state trooper, village public safety officer, or regional public safety officer engages in use of force as defined in AS 18.65.290.

    This mandates that the Department of Public Safety report use of force incidents by various law enforcement officers to the FBI.

  • AS 44.41

    Sec. 44.41.055. Statewide reporting of use of force. (a) The Department of Public Safety shall maintain a central repository of incidents of use of force in the state.

    This establishes a statewide repository for tracking incidents of use of force.

  • AS 18.65.280(b)

    This subsection is repealed.

    This removes the old requirement that certain municipal correctional officers be exempt from police standards.

Action History

  1. (S) REFERRED TO COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS

  2. (S) CRA, JUD

  3. (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  4. (S) Prefile released 1/17/25

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 64 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (64)

64 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 42?
SB 42 is sponsored by Elvi Gray-Jackson (D).
What is the current status of SB 42?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced January 22, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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