Law Enforcement Quota Amendments

Requires Peace Officer Standards and Training Council to develop model performance evaluation standards based on objective criteria that do not rely on law enforcement quotas

Prohibits political subdivisions and law enforcement agencies from requiring officers to meet arrest, citation, stop, or other quotas

Prohibits agencies from taking disciplinary or employment actions against officers for quota-related reasons

Requires attorney general to investigate potential law enforcement quota violations

Restricts State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice from awarding grants to entities violating law enforcement quota prohibitions

Amends existing statute to include law enforcement quota prohibition references in grant eligibility requirements

Definition of 'law enforcement quota' was modified to clarify it includes requirements or minimum standards regarding the number or percentage of warnings, citations, stops, or arrests.

Added requirement for the Attorney General to investigate complaints of law enforcement quota violations and report substantiated violations to the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice.

Added restriction preventing the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice from awarding state grant funds to entities that violate the law enforcement quota prohibition.

Added requirement for the Peace Officer Standards and Training Council to develop model performance evaluation standards that do not rely on law enforcement quotas.

Added prohibition on evaluating, promoting, compensating, rewarding, or disciplining peace officers based on law enforcement quotas.

Added provision allowing law enforcement agencies to consider community engagement and enforcement activity as part of overall officer performance determinations.

Bill effective date set to May 7, 2025, with grant restrictions beginning July 1, 2025.

Changed the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice to collect reports of alleged quota violations and annually report data to the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee, replacing the previous requirement for the Commission to only deny grants to non-compliant entities.

Added new duties for the Attorney General to investigate complaints of quota violations and report substantiated violations to the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice.

Added new authority for the Attorney General to review investigation results de novo and file criminal charges if a district or county attorney declines to charge or fails to screen a case within six months.

Clarified that impermissible quotas include requirements for citations or arrests, while explicitly excluding targeted overtime shifts that receive grant money or reimbursement.

Removed the requirement that the Commission deny grants to entities not in compliance with reporting requirements, instead allowing grants to continue even if reporting requirements are not met.

Updated the House Sponsor name from LONG TITLE to Ryan D. Wilcox and changed the affected Utah Code sections to include 63M-7-204 instead of 63M-7-218.

Formatting and organizational changes to the bill text, including removal of previous version headers and reorganization of section numbering.

Minor text adjustments in Section 77-7-27 definitions where 'law enforcement quota' and 'impermissible quota' definitions were slightly reordered.

Changes to Section 63M-7-218 Subsection (3)(a) with bracketed text indicating potential deletions or formatting differences between versions.

Removal of previous version metadata including timestamps and version identifiers from the bill text.

Removed the requirement for the Peace Officer Standards and Training Council to develop model performance evaluation standards that do not rely on law enforcement quotas.

Changed references from 'law enforcement quota' to 'impermissible law enforcement quota' throughout the bill for precision.

Added specific language requiring the attorney general to investigate complaints of violations of Section 77-7-27 and report substantiated violations to the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice.

Updated formatting, removed House Sponsor name, and adjusted section numbering and layout to match standard legislative substitute format.

Removed the requirement for the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice to restrict grants to entities violating law enforcement quotas, though the core prohibition remains in Section 77-7-27.