88R9381 JCG-D
By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1477
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to active shooter training for peace officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1701.253, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (q) to read as follows:
(q) As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the
commission shall require an officer to complete a training program
of not less than 16 hours on responding to an active shooter as
provided by the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training
Center at Texas State University--San Marcos, or a similar
organization approved by the commission. An officer shall complete
the program not later than the last day of the first full continuing
education training period that begins on or after the date the
officer is licensed under this chapter unless the officer completes
the program as part of the officer's basic training course.
Completion of a training program under this subsection satisfies
any other requirement for the officer to complete a training
program on responding to active shooters, including under Section
37.0812(a), Education Code.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt
rules to implement Section 1701.253(q), Occupations Code, as added
by this Act.
SECTION 3. The minimum curriculum requirements under
Section 1701.253(q), Occupations Code, as added by this Act, apply
only to an officer who first begins to satisfy those requirements on
or after January 1, 2024.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.