Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R11821 JCG-F
2	2	By: Ward Johnson H.B. No. 5228
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the collection of certain incident-based data reported
10	10	to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 1701.164, Occupations Code, is amended
13	13	to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 1701.164. COLLECTION OF CERTAIN INCIDENT-BASED DATA
15	15	SUBMITTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. (a) The commission shall
16	16	collect and maintain incident-based data submitted to the
17	17	commission under Article 2B.0055, Code of Criminal Procedure,
18	18	including incident-based data compiled by a law enforcement agency
19	19	from reports received by the law enforcement agency under Article
20	20	2B.0054 of that code.
21	21	(b) The commission in consultation with the Department of
22	22	Public Safety, the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management
23	23	Institute of Texas, the W. W. Caruth, Jr., Police Institute at
24	24	Dallas, and the Texas Police Chiefs Association shall develop:
25	25	(1) guidelines for submitting in a standard format the
26	26	report containing incident-based data as required by Article
27	27	2B.0055, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
28	28	(2) policies to ensure the quality and accuracy of the
29	29	data in a report described by Subdivision (1).
30	30	(c) Not later than January 1 of every odd-numbered year, the
31	31	commission shall review, and revise as necessary, the guidelines
32	32	and policies required under Subsection (b) to ensure that the
33	33	incident-based data described by Subsection (a) is of the quality
34	34	necessary to enable academic research and reporting based on the
35	35	data.
36	36	(d) The commission shall make available on the commission's
37	37	publicly accessible Internet website:
38	38	(1) other than any information that is not subject to
39	39	disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, the incident-based
40	40	data described by Subsection (a) in a format that enables the public
41	41	to obtain an electronic copy and readily access the information;
42	42	and
43	43	(2) a glossary of terms relating to the incident-based
44	44	data described by Subsection (a) that assists the public in
45	45	understanding the data.
46	46	SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is
47	47	amended by adding Section 1701.1645 to read as follows:
48	48	Sec. 1701.1645. STUDY ON IMPROVED COLLECTION OF
49	49	INCIDENT-BASED DATA. (a) The commission shall conduct a study on
50	50	the incident-based data described by Section 1701.164(a) and, based
51	51	on the findings of that study, make recommendations regarding:
52	52	(1) improving the quality of the incident-based data
53	53	collected under Article 2B.0054, Code of Criminal Procedure;
54	54	(2) reducing any redundant reporting or regulatory
55	55	requirements; and
56	56	(3) the feasibility of:
57	57	(A) collecting and reporting data not subject to
58	58	Article 2B.0054, Code of Criminal Procedure, regarding encounters
59	59	between peace officers and members of the public, including each
60	60	detention by a peace officer of a pedestrian; and
61	61	(B) collecting sufficient data to support a
62	62	multivariate analysis.
63	63	(b) Not later than January 1, 2027, the commission shall
64	64	report the study's findings and recommendations under Subsection
65	65	(a) to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the
66	66	house of representatives, and each member of the legislature.
67	67	(c) This section expires September 1, 2027.
68	68	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.