HLS 201ES-156 ORIGINAL
2020 First Extraordinary Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 13
BY REPRESENTATIVE JAMES
LAW ENFORCEMENT: Establishes a study group to study law enforcement systems and
policing
1 A RESOLUTION
2To authorize and direct the creation of a study group to study law enforcement systems and
3 policing and to report its findings to the House of Representatives prior to the
4 convening of the 2021 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.
5 WHEREAS, on May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died in
6Minneapolis, Minnesota, after a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on his neck for
7almost nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and lying face down on the street; and
8 WHEREAS, the deaths of black men at the hands of white police officers in recent
9years have raised a number of questions about the treatment of racial minorities within the
10criminal justice system, as well as about patterns of arrest-related deaths more generally; and
11 WHEREAS, this behavior will continue to happen unless we examine the systems
12that allow them to be repeated, and change will begin when system leaders accept
13responsibility for these types of acts; and
14 WHEREAS, when law enforcement systems are checked regularly to ensure that
15policies of fairness and justice are being practiced, we will see fewer incidents.
16 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
17Legislature of Louisiana does hereby authorize and direct the creation of a study group to
18study law enforcement systems and policing.
19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study group shall include the following
20members:
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1 (1) The chairman of the House Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice
2or his designee.
3 (2) A member of the House Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice
4appointed by the chairman of the committee.
5 (3) The chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary or his designee.
6 (4) A member of the House Committee on Judiciary appointed by the chairman of
7the committee.
8 (5) The chairman of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee, or his
9designee.
10 (6) A member of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee appointed by the
11chairman of the committee.
12 (7) The Speaker Pro Temp of the House of Representatives.
13 (8) The Speaker of the House of Representatives or his designee.
14 (9) A representative from the Urban League of Louisiana.
15 (10) A representative from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
16People.
17 (11) A representative from the American Civil Liberties Union.
18 (12) A representative from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
19 (13) A representative from the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice.
20 (14) A representative from the Voice of the Experienced.
21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study group shall submit a report of its
22findings to the House of Representatives prior to the convening of the 2021 Regular Session
23of the Louisiana Legislature.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 13 Original 2020 First Extraordinary Session James
Authorizes and directs the creation of a study group to study law enforcement systems and
policing.
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