HB1261 Law-enforcement agencies; use of certain technology & interrogation practices; forensic laboratory.

=No change to gun access model confidence 80%

Adds training standards for law-enforcement officers who carry firearms in school security roles, including active shooter response and threat assessment.

The Department shall require any school security officer who carries a firearm in the performance of his duties to provide proof that he has completed a training course provided by a federal, state, or local law-enforcement agency that includes training in active shooter emergency response, emergency evacuation procedure, and threat assessment;

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=No change to transgender recognition & access model confidence 70%

Requires training for deputy sheriffs, jail officers, and correctional officers on the impact of restraints, restrictive housing, solitary confinement, and body cavity searches on pregnant inmates and fetuses.

For deputy sheriffs and jail officers who are employees of local or regional correctional facilities and correctional officers employed by the Department of Corrections, such standards shall include training on the general care of pregnant women, the impact of restraints on pregnant inmates and fetuses, the impact of being placed in restrictive housing or solitary confinement on pregnant inmates, and the impact of body cavity searches on pregnant inmates;

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=No change to immigration enforcement model confidence 90%

Establishes comprehensive frameworks, model policies, and compulsory training standards for law-enforcement use of generative AI, audiovisual surveillance technologies (including license plate readers), and interrogation practices.

Establish a comprehensive framework for the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning systems by law-enforcement agencies within the Commonwealth, which shall include: ... Establish a comprehensive framework for the use of audiovisual surveillance technologies, including license plate reader systems, by law-enforcement agencies within the Commonwealth. ... Establish a comprehensive framework for the custodial and noncustodial interrogation of adults and juveniles by law-enforcement officers within the Commonwealth, which shall include:

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