Bill Text: TX HCR73 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Requesting the lieutenant governor and speaker of the house to create a joint interim committee to study motorcycle operator profiling by law enforcement officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-13 - Left pending in committee [HCR73 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HCR73-Introduced.html
| 87R16025 TBO-D | ||
| By: Hunter | H.C.R. No. 73 | |
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| WHEREAS, Across Texas, the number of registered motorcycles | ||
| is growing at a rapid rate, and numerous motorcyclists have | ||
| expressed concerns regarding motorcycle profiling by law | ||
| enforcement officers; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Motorcycle profiling is the illegal use of a | ||
| person's motorcycle related apparel or status as a motorcycle | ||
| operator as a factor in deciding to stop and question, take | ||
| enforcement action, arrest, or search a person or vehicle; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Some Texans in motorcycle clubs have been unjustly | ||
| stopped and arrested due to being inaccurately identified as gang | ||
| members in the TXGANG database, and this has recently prompted | ||
| several courts to raise questions about how police use the law | ||
| enforcement tool; and | ||
| WHEREAS, According to a 2017 U.S. Senate resolution, reported | ||
| incidents of motorcycle profiling in the State of Washington | ||
| dropped approximately 90 percent within six years of the state | ||
| passing a law to ensure that issues related to motorcycle profiling | ||
| are included in law enforcement training; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Unlawful motorcycle profiling is a serious issue in | ||
| Texas and beyond, and every means of preventing it should be | ||
| explored; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby request that the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the | ||
| house of representatives create a joint interim committee to study | ||
| motorcycle operator profiling by law enforcement officers; and, be | ||
| it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the study must consider: | ||
| (1) the effectiveness of current education and training | ||
| requirements for law enforcement officers regarding motorcycle | ||
| operator profiling awareness and sensitivity; | ||
| (2) potential improvements to education and training | ||
| requirements regarding motorcycle operator profiling awareness and | ||
| sensitivity that may be implemented by state and local law | ||
| enforcement agencies; and | ||
| (3) any other methods to decrease motorcycle operator | ||
| profiling by law enforcement officers; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the committee's proceedings and operations be | ||
| governed by such general rules and policies for interim committees | ||
| as the 87th Texas Legislature may adopt; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the committee shall submit a full report, | ||
| including findings and recommendations, to the 88th Legislature | ||
| before it convenes in January 2023. | ||
