88R9927 JRI-D     By: Reynolds H.C.R. No. 49       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 choke holds 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 who move jurisdictions to avoid   culpability; 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 88th Legislature of the State of Texas   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.