| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 2195 |
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| 1 | + | By: Meyer, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2195 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | + | Education; May 19, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | + | Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 19, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 13 | 18 | | emergency operations plan a policy for responding to an active |
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| 14 | 19 | | shooter emergency. The school district may use any available |
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| 15 | 20 | | community resources in developing the policy described by this |
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| 16 | 21 | | subsection. |
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| 17 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Section 37.0812, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 18 | 23 | | read as follows: |
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| 19 | 24 | | Sec. 37.0812. TRAINING POLICY: SCHOOL DISTRICT PEACE |
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| 20 | 25 | | OFFICERS AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. (a) A school district peace |
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| 21 | 26 | | officer or school resource officer shall complete an active shooter |
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| 22 | 27 | | response training program approved by the Texas Commission on Law |
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| 23 | 28 | | Enforcement. |
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| 24 | 29 | | (b) A school district with an enrollment of 30,000 or more |
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| 25 | 30 | | students that commissions a school district peace officer or at |
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| 26 | 31 | | which a school resource officer provides law enforcement shall |
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| 27 | 32 | | adopt a policy requiring the officer to complete the education and |
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| 28 | 33 | | training program required by Section 1701.263, Occupations Code. |
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| 29 | 34 | | SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 30 | 35 | | of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall approve |
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| 31 | 36 | | an active shooter response training program required under Section |
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| 32 | 37 | | 37.0812, Education Code, as amended by this Act. |
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| 33 | 38 | | SECTION 4. A school district peace officer or school |
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| 34 | 39 | | resource officer who begins employment with or begins providing law |
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| 35 | 40 | | enforcement at a school district on a date occurring before the |
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| 36 | 41 | | effective date of this Act shall complete the training required by |
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| 37 | 42 | | Section 37.0812, Education Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as |
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| 38 | 43 | | practicable after the effective date of this Act but not later than |
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| 39 | 44 | | August 31, 2020. |
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| 40 | 45 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 41 | 46 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 42 | 47 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 43 | 48 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 44 | 49 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 45 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 46 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 47 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2195 was passed by the House on April |
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| 48 | | - | 25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 49 | | - | voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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| 50 | | - | No. 2195 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, |
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| 51 | | - | 2 present, not voting. |
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| 52 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 53 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 54 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2195 was passed by the Senate, with |
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| 55 | | - | amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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| 56 | | - | 0. |
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| 57 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 58 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 59 | | - | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 60 | | - | Date |
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| 61 | | - | __________________ |
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| 62 | | - | Governor |
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| 50 | + | * * * * * |
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