| Passed by the Senate March 5, 2011 YEAS 48 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 1, 2011 YEAS 91 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | 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. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved April 13, 2011, 2:20 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | April 13, 2011 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 62nd Legislature | 2011 Regular Session |
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.