CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5242



62nd Legislature
2011 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate March 5, 2011
  YEAS 48   NAYS 0


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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 1, 2011
  YEAS 91   NAYS 0


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5242 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.


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Secretary
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5242
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Passed Legislature - 2011 Regular Session
State of Washington62nd Legislature2011 Regular Session

By Senators Hargrove, Pflug, Kline, Regala, Harper, Carrell, Keiser, Nelson, Sheldon, Conway, and Shin

Read first time 01/19/11.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.



     AN ACT Relating to motorcycle profiling; and adding a new section to chapter 43.101 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 43.101 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The criminal justice training commission shall ensure that issues related to motorcycle profiling are addressed in basic law enforcement training and offered to in-service law enforcement officers in conjunction with existing training regarding profiling.
     (2) Local law enforcement agencies shall add a statement condemning motorcycle profiling to existing policies regarding profiling.
     (3) For the purposes of this section, "motorcycle profiling" means the illegal use of the fact that a person rides a motorcycle or wears motorcycle-related paraphernalia as a factor in deciding to stop and question, take enforcement action, arrest, or search a person or vehicle with or without a legal basis under the United States Constitution or Washington state Constitution.

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