| 13 | | - | SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is |
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| 14 | | - | amended by adding Section 1701.2551 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | | - | Sec. 1701.2551. BASIC PEACE OFFICER TRAINING COURSE; |
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| 16 | | - | PROHIBITED USE OF CERTAIN RESTRAINTS. (a) The basic peace officer |
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| 17 | | - | training course required as part of a peace officer training |
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| 18 | | - | program under Section 1701.251(a) may be no less than 720 hours. |
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| 19 | | - | (b) The basic peace officer training course must include |
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| 20 | | - | training on the prohibition against the intentional use of a choke |
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| 21 | | - | hold, carotid artery hold, or similar neck restraint by a peace |
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| 22 | | - | officer in searching or arresting a person, unless the officer |
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| 23 | | - | reasonably believes the restraint is necessary to prevent serious |
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| 24 | | - | bodily injury to or the death of the peace officer or another |
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| 25 | | - | person. |
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| 26 | | - | SECTION 2. (a) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Texas |
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| 27 | | - | Commission on Law Enforcement shall modify the curriculum of the |
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| 28 | | - | basic peace officer training course as necessary to comply with |
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| 29 | | - | Section 1701.2551, Occupations Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 30 | | - | (b) The minimum hour and content requirements for the basic |
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| 31 | | - | peace officer training course under Section 1701.2551, Occupations |
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| 32 | | - | Code, as added by this Act, apply only to a person who first begins |
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| 33 | | - | the course on or after July 1, 2022. |
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| 10 | + | SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 9, Penal Code, is amended |
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| 11 | + | by adding Section 9.515 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | + | Sec. 9.515. PROHIBITED TECHNIQUES. Notwithstanding any |
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| 13 | + | other law, the use of force or deadly force against a person is not |
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| 14 | + | justified under Section 9.51 if the force or deadly force is used in |
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| 15 | + | a manner that impedes the normal breathing or circulation of the |
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| 16 | + | blood of the person by applying pressure to the person's throat or |
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| 17 | + | neck or by blocking the person's nose or mouth. |
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| 18 | + | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 19 | + | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 20 | + | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 21 | + | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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| 22 | + | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 23 | + | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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| 24 | + | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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| 25 | + | before that date. |
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