| 1 | 1 | | S.B. No. 1852 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to active shooter training for peace officers. |
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| 6 | 6 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 7 | 7 | | SECTION 1. Section 1701.253, Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 8 | 8 | | by adding Subsection (q) to read as follows: |
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| 9 | 9 | | (q) As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the |
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| 10 | 10 | | commission shall require an officer to complete a training program |
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| 11 | 11 | | of not less than 16 hours on responding to an active shooter as |
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| 12 | 12 | | developed by the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training |
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| 13 | 13 | | Center at Texas State University--San Marcos. An officer shall |
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| 14 | 14 | | complete the program not later than the last day of the first full |
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| 15 | 15 | | continuing education training period that begins on or after the |
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| 16 | 16 | | date the officer is licensed under this chapter unless the officer |
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| 17 | 17 | | completes the program as part of the officer's basic training |
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| 18 | 18 | | course. Completion of a training program under this subsection |
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| 19 | 19 | | satisfies any other requirement, other than a continuing education |
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| 20 | 20 | | requirement under Section 1701.3525, for the officer to complete a |
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| 21 | 21 | | training program on responding to active shootings, including under |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 37.0812(a), Education Code. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is |
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| 24 | 24 | | amended by adding Section 1701.3525 to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sec. 1701.3525. ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE TRAINING REQUIRED |
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| 26 | 26 | | FOR OFFICERS. (a) As part of the continuing education programs |
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| 27 | 27 | | under Section 1701.351(a), an officer must complete not less than |
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| 28 | 28 | | 16 hours of training on responding to an active shooter as developed |
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| 29 | 29 | | by the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at |
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| 30 | 30 | | Texas State University--San Marcos. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) The exemptions under Sections 1701.351(b), (c), and (d) |
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| 32 | 32 | | do not apply to the training required by Subsection (a). |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 34 | 34 | | of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt |
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| 35 | 35 | | rules to implement Sections 1701.253(q) and 1701.3525, Occupations |
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| 36 | 36 | | Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 4. The minimum curriculum requirements under |
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| 38 | 38 | | Section 1701.253(q), Occupations Code, as added by this Act, apply |
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| 39 | 39 | | only to an officer who first begins to satisfy those requirements on |
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| 40 | 40 | | or after January 1, 2024. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 5. Section 1701.3525, Occupations Code, as added by |
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| 42 | 42 | | this Act, applies only with respect to a 24-month continuing |
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| 43 | 43 | | education training unit that begins on or after the effective date |
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| 44 | 44 | | of this Act. A training unit that begins before the effective date |
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| 45 | 45 | | of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the training |
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| 46 | 46 | | unit began, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 47 | 47 | | purpose. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 49 | 49 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 51 | 51 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1852 passed the Senate on |
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| 52 | 52 | | April 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 55 | 55 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1852 passed the House on |
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| 56 | 56 | | May 6, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 1, two present |
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| 57 | 57 | | not voting. |
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| 58 | 58 | | ______________________________ |
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| 59 | 59 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 60 | 60 | | Approved: |
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| 61 | 61 | | ______________________________ |
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| 62 | 62 | | Date |
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| 63 | 63 | | ______________________________ |
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| 64 | 64 | | Governor |
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