Amendment #6, as changed to H3793

All Stops Amendment

Representatives Tyler of Boston, Williams of Springfield, Elugardo of Boston, González of Springfield, Barber of Somerville, Sabadosa of Northampton, Livingstone of Boston, Gouveia of Acton, Connolly of Cambridge, Lewis of Framingham, Robinson of Framingham, Higgins of Leominster, Hecht of Watertown, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Keefe of Worcester, Ciccolo of Lexington and Provost of Somerville move to amend the bill moves to further amend amendment 6 by striking out the text and inserting the following:-

Ms. Tyler of Boston moves to amend the bill by inserting after section 7 the following new section:-

SECTION 7A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of public safety and security shall investigate and study alternative methods for collecting more accurate data pursuant to chapter 228 of the acts of 2000, as amended by this act. Said study shall include, without limitation, the feasibility of expanding the data collected pursuant to section 8 of said chapter 228 including expansion of the data collection to include the race and gender of each individual subject to traffic stops, searches resulting from a traffic stop or frisks resulting from a traffic stop whether or not a Massachusetts Uniform Citation was issued.

The secretary shall file a report with the results of his investigation and study together with legislation, if any, with the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on transportation no later than December 31, 2019.