Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2101 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R9065 MZM-D
2	2	By: Campos H.B. No. 2101
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to a study on unreported gunshots detected using gunshot
10	10	detection technology.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. STUDY ON UNREPORTED GUNSHOTS. (a) In this Act,
13	13	"department" means the Department of Public Safety of the State of
14	14	Texas.
15	15	(b) From money appropriated or otherwise available for the
16	16	purpose, the department shall contract with three eligible
17	17	municipal police departments to conduct a study on unreported
18	18	gunshots detected using gunshot detection technology. The study
19	19	must include the following information:
20	20	(1) the number of unreported gunshots detected using
21	21	gunshot detection technology that occur within the boundaries of
22	22	the municipality; and
23	23	(2) for each gunshot described by Subdivision (1) of
24	24	this subsection:
25	25	(A) the results of any police department
26	26	investigation related to the gunshot, including information
27	27	regarding whether the gunshot was intentional; and
28	28	(B) the number and type of criminal charges filed
29	29	as a result of the gunshot.
30	30	(c) To be eligible to receive a contract under Subsection
31	31	(b) of this section, a municipal police department must:
32	32	(1) be located in a municipality with a population of
33	33	more than 500,000; and
34	34	(2) submit an application to the department that
35	35	includes:
36	36	(A) a list of geographic areas within the
37	37	boundaries of the municipality that have been identified as having
38	38	high rates of unreported gunshots;
39	39	(B) an explanation of the police department's
40	40	previous experience with gunshot detection technologies; and
41	41	(C) the proposed members of a five-person
42	42	committee that the police department will establish to assist with
43	43	the study if the police department receives the contract,
44	44	including:
45	45	(i) one representative from the municipal
46	46	police department;
47	47	(ii) one representative from the sheriff's
48	48	department in the county in which the municipal police department
49	49	is located;
50	50	(iii) one person who serves as a school
51	51	district peace officer, a school resource officer, or security
52	52	personnel as described by Section 37.081, Education Code, and who
53	53	provides security at a school campus located in the municipality
54	54	described by Subdivision (1) of this subsection;
55	55	(iv) one representative of a neighborhood
56	56	association located in the municipality described by Subdivision
57	57	(1) of this subsection; and
58	58	(v) one member who is appointed by a member
59	59	of the house of representatives whose district contains any part of
60	60	the municipality described by Subdivision (1) of this subsection.
61	61	(d) Each municipal police department that the department
62	62	contracts with under Subsection (b) of this section shall prepare
63	63	and submit a report of its findings to the department not later than
64	64	September 1, 2026.
65	65	(e) Not later than December 31, 2026, the department shall
66	66	prepare and submit to the legislature a written report summarizing
67	67	the results of the study, disaggregated by municipality.
68	68	(f) This Act expires September 1, 2027.
69	69	SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
70	70	1, 2025.