The South Carolina House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would prevent law enforcement agencies from requiring officers to meet ticket quotas.
While the proposal passed unanimously with a 99-0 vote, it still must clear the state Senate by the end of the session in June in order to become law, according to The Post and Courier.
Democratic state Rep. Justin Bamberg, who represents the family of Walter Scott, introduced the bill that bans police departments from setting a number on written citations that must be met.
Scott from a traffic stop on April 4, 2015, and became involved in a struggle North Charleston Officer Michael Slager before the officer shot him five times as he ran away.
The defense team for Slager -- who was charged with murder -- contends that he was trying to fulfill his department-mandated quota of three traffic stops every shift for minor violations when he stopped Slager for a brake light violation.
"I think the House sent a very clear message today essentially saying that these archaic practices, if they exist, are frowned upon," Bamberg told the newspaper. "We will not operate that way in South Carolina."
