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The Florida Legislative Black Caucus is putting forth a package of 16 bills aimed at reforming policing in the state.

Some of the proposals include limiting the use of no-knock warrants, mandating body and dash cameras, setting higher minimum agency standards, chipping away at qualified immunity and creating a registry for use of force incidents and complainants against officers.

Representative Evan Jenne said the efforts are not aimed at defunding the police.

“If you really look at these policies they’re not antagonistic towards law enforcement officers. They’re not antagonistic towards anyone. They’re going to protect people. They’re going to protect people in communities of color and one thing that I don’t think folks are understanding is they’re also going to protect our law enforcement officers. It’s going to give them more skills, more ability to engage with the community on a human level,” said Jenne.

While Democrats said they’re hopeful some of their legislative efforts will succeed, Republican legislative leaders and the Governor have thrown their weight behind legislation that aims to increase penalties on rioters.