87R7126 MAW-D
By: Wilson H.B. No. 1928
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to employment information and records regarding certain
persons licensed by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1701.451(a-1), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a-1) A law enforcement agency that obtains a consent form
described by Subsection (a)(2)(B) shall make an electronic copy of
the person's employment records available to a hiring law
enforcement agency on request. The commission by rule shall
prescribe the manner by which a law enforcement agency shall make a
person's employment records electronically available to a hiring
law enforcement agency. The rules must provide appropriate
security protections.
SECTION 2. Subchapter J, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1701.459 to read as follows:
Sec. 1701.459. CERTAIN AGREEMENTS RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT
INFORMATION PROHIBITED. A person licensed under this chapter may
not enter into an agreement with a law enforcement agency employing
the person under which the agency is prohibited from:
(1) making the person's employment records available
to another law enforcement agency under Section 1701.451(a-1); or
(2) disclosing information about the person's
employment to another law enforcement agency or a potential
employer in a related field.
SECTION 3. (a) Not later than December 1, 2021, the Texas
Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt rules as necessary to
comply with Section 1701.451, Occupations Code, as amended by this
Act.
(b) Section 1701.451, Occupations Code, as amended by this
Act, applies only to the hiring of a person by a law enforcement
agency that occurs on or after December 1, 2021. The hiring of a
person by a law enforcement agency that occurs before that date is
governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.