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      87(1) HCR 4 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            87S10183 TBO-D
         
		By:  Reynolds
            H.C.R.  No.  4
         
               CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
            
                          WHEREAS, The passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing 
         
            Act is critical to holding police accountable, ending racial 
         
            profiling, and building trust between law enforcement and local 
         
            communities; and
         
                          WHEREAS, The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act will 
         
            establish national standards to combat the very preventable public 
         
            health and human rights crisis of police brutality; in addition to 
         
            prohibiting federal, state, and local law enforcement from racial, 
         
            religious, and discriminatory profiling, the measure will require 
         
            law enforcement to collect data on all investigatory activities; it 
         
            will establish federal deadly force standards and save lives by 
         
            limiting the use of military equipment by police and by banning  
         
            deadly and discriminatory practices such as chokeholds and no-knock 
         
            warrants in drug cases; and
         
                          WHEREAS, The act will also hold police accountable by making 
         
            it easier to prosecute police misconduct and allow individuals to 
         
            recover damages in civil court; the Department of Justice Civil 
         
            Rights Division will be given greater subpoena power to investigate 
         
            police misconduct, and a nationwide registry will be created to 
         
            prevent problematic officers from avoiding accountability by 
         
            moving jurisdictions; and
         
                          WHEREAS, All Americans deserve to live free from the threat 
         
            of wanton police violence and misconduct, and it is incumbent on the 
         
            federal government to pass comprehensive police reform; now, 
         
            therefore, be it
         
                          RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas, 
         
            1st Called Session, hereby respectfully urge the U.S. Congress to 
         
            pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act; and, be it further
         
                          RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official 
         
            copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to 
         
            the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of 
         
            Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the 
         
            members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that 
         
            this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a 
         
            memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.



	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, The passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing
	Act is critical to holding police accountable, ending racial
	profiling, and building trust between law enforcement and local
	communities; and
	WHEREAS, The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act will
	establish national standards to combat the very preventable public
	health and human rights crisis of police brutality; in addition to
	prohibiting federal, state, and local law enforcement from racial,
	religious, and discriminatory profiling, the measure will require
	law enforcement to collect data on all investigatory activities; it
	will establish federal deadly force standards and save lives by
	limiting the use of military equipment by police and by banning
	deadly and discriminatory practices such as chokeholds and no-knock
	warrants in drug cases; and
	WHEREAS, The act will also hold police accountable by making
	it easier to prosecute police misconduct and allow individuals to
	recover damages in civil court; the Department of Justice Civil
	Rights Division will be given greater subpoena power to investigate
	police misconduct, and a nationwide registry will be created to
	prevent problematic officers from avoiding accountability by
	moving jurisdictions; and
	WHEREAS, All Americans deserve to live free from the threat
	of wanton police violence and misconduct, and it is incumbent on the
	federal government to pass comprehensive police reform; now,
	therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas,
	1st Called Session, hereby respectfully urge the U.S. Congress to
	pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
	copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
	the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
	Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
	members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
	this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
	memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.