By: Flores S.B. No. 1852
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
to an officer who first begins to satisfy those requirements on or
after September 1, 2023.
SECTION 4. (a) A peace officer or reserve law enforcement
officer who holds a license under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code,
issued on or before September 1, 2023 shall complete a training
program established under Section 1701.253(q), Occupations Code,
as added by this Act, not later than August 31, 2027.
(b) A peace officer or reserve law enforcement officer who
holds a license under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, issued on or
before September 1, 2023, that has completed a training program
established under Section 1701.253(q), Occupations Code, as added
by this Act, is exempt from (a).
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.