Bill Text: TX HB1837 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Relating to motorcycle profiling by peace officers.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-08 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1837 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1837-Comm_Sub.html
  87R18188 EAS-F
 
  By: González of El Paso, Hunter, et al. H.B. No. 1837
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1837:
 
  By:  Davis C.S.H.B. No. 1837
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to motorcycle profiling by peace officers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Article 2.1315 to read as follows:
         Art. 2.1315.  MOTORCYCLE PROFILING PROHIBITED. (a)  In this
  article:
               (1)  "Law enforcement agency" and "motor vehicle stop"
  have the meanings assigned by Article 2.132.
               (2)  "Motorcycle profiling" means a law
  enforcement-initiated action based wholly or partly on an
  individual operating a motorcycle or wearing motorcycle-related or
  motorcycle club-related paraphernalia rather than on the
  individual's behavior or on information identifying the individual
  as having engaged in criminal activity. The term includes a motor
  vehicle stop that is made with respect to an individual operating a
  motorcycle and that the peace officer extends beyond the period
  necessary to effectuate the purpose of the stop.
         (b)  A peace officer may not engage in motorcycle profiling.
         (c)  Each law enforcement agency in this state shall adopt a
  detailed written policy on motorcycle profiling.  The policy must:
               (1)  clearly define acts constituting motorcycle
  profiling;
               (2)  strictly prohibit peace officers employed by the
  agency from engaging in motorcycle profiling;
               (3)  implement a process by which an individual may
  file a complaint with the agency if the individual believes that a
  peace officer employed by the agency has engaged in motorcycle
  profiling with respect to the individual; and
               (4)  require appropriate disciplinary action to be
  taken against a peace officer employed by the agency who, after an
  investigation, is shown to have engaged in motorcycle profiling in
  violation of the agency's policy adopted under this article.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2021, each law
  enforcement agency in this state shall adopt the policy required by
  Article 2.1315, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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