TITLE: Relating to including certain demographic information in federal incident-based reporting of information and statistics concerning offenses committed in this state.

SUMMARY: Relating to including certain demographic information in federal incident-based reporting of information and statistics concerning offenses committed in this state.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to including certain demographic information in federal incident-based reporting of information and statistics concerning offenses committed in this state. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 411.0541 to read as follows: Sec. 411.0541. REQUIRED INFORMATION FOR FEDERAL INCIDENT-BASED CRIME STATISTICS REPORTING. The department and all local law enforcement agencies that use an incident-based reporting system to report information and statistics concerning criminal offenses committed in this state to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as a part of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall include the ethnicity of an arrestee in the reported incident. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.