By: Goodwin H.B. No. 5118
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to law enforcement radio interoperability and training.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter N, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.404 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.404. RADIO INTEROPERABILITY IN COUNTIES AFFECTED
BY OPERATION LONE STAR. In any county impacted by or adjacent to
Operation Lone Star, the department shall ensure that all public
safety entities have emergency radio infrastructure that allows
inter operable communication between all other public safety
entities, including communication between different types of
public safety agencies.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.2098 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.2098. MASS SHOOTING TRAINING. The department
shall establish a process to train public safety entities including
local law enforcement entities in response to a mass shooting
event. The training must include the following:
(1) protection of students in a mass shooting event at
a school;
(2) emergency medical response training in minimizing
gun violence casualties;
(3) tactics for denying an intruder entry into a
classroom or school facility; and
(4) the chain of command of command during a mass
shooting event.
SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.