Pennsylvania 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 12 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 917 — An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in municipal police education and training, prohibiting motorcycle profiling and establishing a private right of action.

Last action — PN 1071 Referred to JUDICIARY

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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This bill establishes new provisions against motorcycle profiling, prohibiting police departments from engaging in such practices and allowing victims to file lawsuits.

  • Title 53

    § 2167.1. Motorcycle profiling prohibited. (a) General rule.--No police officer or police department may engage in motorcycle profiling in this Commonwealth. (b) Duty of commission.--The commission shall include, as part of the basic and in-service training required by this subchapter, instruction on what conduct constitutes motorcycle profiling in patrol procedures and other police department operations and the duty to refrain from engaging in motorcycle profiling. (c) Duty of police departments.--A police department shall include in its patrol procedures and operations policies a statement that condemns motorcycle profiling. (d) Private right of action established.--A victim of motorcycle profiling may bring a private right of action in a court of competent jurisdiction against any police officer or police department that engages in motorcycle profiling in violation of this section. In the action, the victim may be awarded injunctive relief, actual damages, punitive damages and reasonable attorney fees and costs. (e) For purposes of this section, the term 'motorcycle profiling' means the use of the fact that an individual rides a motorcycle or wears clothes or possesses paraphernalia that a reasonable person associates with such individuals as a factor in a decision to stop and question, take enforcement action against, arrest or search the individual or motorcycle in violation of Federal or State law.

    This creates a new section that explicitly prohibits motorcycle profiling and establishes training and policies for police departments.

Action History

  1. PN 1071 Referred to JUDICIARY

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 29 co-sponsors · 223 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (29)

Not signed on (223)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 917?
HB 917 is sponsored by Seth Grove, Barrar, Martin T. Causer (Republican), Kortz, Kristin Phillips-Hill (Republican), Tina Pickett (Republican), M. K. Keller, V. Brown, Bryan Cutler (Republican), Everett, Quigley, Kathy L. Rapp (Republican), Readshaw, Ward, A. Harris, Kerry A. Benninghoff (Republican), Corbin, Mark M. Gillen (Republican), Rich Irvin (Republican), Rob W. Kauffman (Republican), Dawn W. Keefer (Republican), John A. Lawrence (Republican), Longietti, Eddie Day Pashinski (Democratic), Sainato, Saylor, Watson, Wheeland, Parke Wentling (Republican), and Jim Marshall.
What is the current status of HB 917?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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