Bill Text: TX HCR62 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Requesting 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-12 - Left pending in committee [HCR62 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HCR62-Introduced.html
| 88R13199 BHH-D | ||
| By: Hunter | H.C.R. No. 62 | |
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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 toward, 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 2022 U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| resolution, reported incidents of motorcycle profiling in the State | ||
| of Washington dropped approximately 90 percent since the passing of | ||
| a state 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 88th 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 a full report, including findings and | ||
| recommendations, be submitted to the 89th Texas Legislature before | ||
| it convenes in January 2025. | ||
