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Municipal law enforcement officers facing serious discipline would gain new procedural protections under this bill before a city could suspend them for more than two days, demote them, discharge them, or transfer them to a lower-paying position for disciplinary reasons. Specifically, the officer's employing agency would have to notify the officer in writing of the specific allegations against them, give them at least two business days to submit a written response, have the agency head or a designee actually consider that response, and give the officer a chance to be heard before the agency head or designee. These required steps would apply to law enforcement officers under both the classified civil service system and other municipal employment structures, but they would not reduce protections already available to non-officer employees, nor would they override any stronger protections a municipality has already adopted by policy for its officers.