The legislation would create a cause of action in state courts to sue a police officer who "under color of law, subjects or causes to be subjected, including failing to intervene, any other person to the deprivation of any individual rights that create binding obligations on government actors secured by the Bill of Rights, Article II of the Oklahoma Constitution."
The legislation would create a cause of action in state court for “any person injured in person or property by a peace officer acting under color of authority has a cause of action against the peace officer, and against any other peace officer who had the power through reasonable diligence to prevent or aid in preventing the injury from occurring and failed to do so, if the peace officer engaged in conduct that is unlawful under the state Constitution or state law.”
The legislation would create a cause of action in state court for individuals to sue police officers who, under the color of law, deprive them of an individual right secured by the Maryland Declaration of Rights or the Maryland constitution.