AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY-- POLICE RELATIONSHIP ACT OF 2015

SB 307 amends Rhode Island's 2015 Comprehensive Community-Police Relationship Act to require state and municipal police departments to collect standardized data on traffic stops and searches, including officer-perceived race/ethnicity of drivers. The bill mandates that this data - covering stop reasons, searches, outcomes, and demographics - be submitted monthly to the Department of Transportation's Highway Safety office for annual analysis by an external agency. The resulting public reports must include quarterly summaries and annual statistical analyses to identify potential racial disparities in traffic enforcement. The bill was defeated in committee on June 20, 2025, after multiple committee hearings.