State

Prohibits excited delirium from being recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in the State. Prohibits a local health officer or local agent of the Department of Health from stating on a certificate of death or in any report that the cause of death was excited delirium. Prohibits law enforcement officers from using the term excited delirium to describe an individual in an incident report. Establishes a new rule of evidence that deems evidence that a person experienced or suffered an excited delirium inadmissible in a civil action.

Prohibiting use of excited delirium.

Law enforcement agency, or any employee of a state or local government or law enforcement agency is immune from civil damages arising from the
use of a canine to detect fentanyl.

Increases penalty for killing police dog or horse to Class D felony.

Under current law, the offense of assault on a law enforcement animal is a Class C misdemeanor. This act provides that the offense of assault on a law enforcement animal is a Class A misdemeanor, if the law enforcement animal is not injured to the point of requiring veterinary care or treatment; a Class E felony if the law enforcement animal is seriously injured to the point of requiring veterinary care or treatment; and a Class D felony if the assault results in the death of such animal.

Aggravated felony for harming law enforcement animal.

Comprehensive set of rights for victims of police violence, including access to information, compensation, right to petition prosecutor to reopen the case.

Requires every municipality to post on its website, by February 1, information about every settlement or judgment of $50k or more reached in the previous year resulting from a lawsuit alleging police misconduct.

As introduced, creates a Class E felony of a law enforcement officer operating a law enforcement body camera in any manner that would prevent the creation or recordation of evidence with the intent to obstruct justice.