Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R1387 GP-F
2	2	By: Thompson H.B. No. 888
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the duty of a peace officer to request and render aid
10	10	for an injured person.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Article 2B.0301(b), Code of Criminal Procedure,
13	13	is amended to read as follows:
14	14	(b) The peace officer is not required to request emergency
15	15	medical services or provide first aid or treatment under Subsection
16	16	(a) if:
17	17	(1) making the request or providing the treatment
18	18	would expose the officer or another person to a likely risk of
19	19	serious bodily injury; or
20	20	(2) the officer is injured and physically unable to
21	21	make the request or provide the treatment.
22	22	SECTION 2. Section 1701.2551(b), Occupations Code, is
23	23	amended to read as follows:
24	24	(b) The basic peace officer training course must include
25	25	training on:
26	26	(1) the prohibition against the intentional use of a
27	27	choke hold, carotid artery hold, or similar neck restraint by a
28	28	peace officer in searching or arresting a person, unless the
29	29	officer reasonably believes the restraint is necessary to prevent
30	30	serious bodily injury to or the death of the peace officer or
31	31	another person;
32	32	(2) the duty of a peace officer to intervene to stop or
33	33	prevent another peace officer from using force against a person
34	34	suspected of committing an offense if:
35	35	(A) the amount of force exceeds that which is
36	36	reasonable under the circumstances; and
37	37	(B) the officer knows or should know that the
38	38	other officer's use of force:
39	39	(i) violates state or federal law;
40	40	(ii) puts a person at risk of bodily injury,
41	41	as that term is defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, and is not
42	42	immediately necessary to avoid imminent bodily injury to a peace
43	43	officer or other person; and
44	44	(iii) is not required to apprehend the
45	45	person suspected of committing an offense; and
46	46	(3) the duty of a peace officer [who encounters an
47	47	injured person while discharging the officer's official duties] to
48	48	[immediately and as necessary] request [emergency medical services
49	49	personnel to provide the person with emergency medical services]
50	50	and render [, while waiting for emergency medical services
51	51	personnel to arrive, provide first] aid for an injured [or
52	52	treatment to the] person as prescribed by Article 2B.0301, Code of
53	53	Criminal Procedure [to the extent of the officer's skills and
54	54	training, unless the request for emergency medical services
55	55	personnel or the provision of first aid or treatment would expose
56	56	the officer or another person to a risk of bodily injury or the
57	57	officer is injured and physically unable to make the request or
58	58	provide the treatment].
59	59	SECTION 3. Section 1701.269(b), Occupations Code, is
60	60	amended to read as follows:
61	61	(b) The model training curriculum and model policies
62	62	developed under Subsection (a) must include:
63	63	(1) curriculum and policies for banning the use of a
64	64	choke hold, carotid artery hold, or similar neck restraint by a
65	65	peace officer in searching or arresting a person, unless the
66	66	officer reasonably believes the restraint is necessary to prevent
67	67	serious bodily injury to or the death of the peace officer or
68	68	another person;
69	69	(2) curriculum and policies regarding the duty of a
70	70	peace officer to intervene to stop or prevent another peace officer
71	71	from using force against a person suspected of committing an
72	72	offense if:
73	73	(A) the amount of force exceeds that which is
74	74	reasonable under the circumstances; and
75	75	(B) the officer knows or should know that the
76	76	other officer's use of force:
77	77	(i) violates state or federal law;
78	78	(ii) puts a person at risk of bodily injury,
79	79	as that term is defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, and is not
80	80	immediately necessary to avoid imminent bodily injury to a peace
81	81	officer or other person; and
82	82	(iii) is not required to apprehend the
83	83	person suspected of committing an offense; and
84	84	(3) curriculum and policies regarding the duty of a
85	85	peace officer [who encounters an injured person while discharging
86	86	the officer's official duties] to [immediately and as necessary]
87	87	request [emergency medical services personnel to provide the person
88	88	with emergency medical services] and render [, while waiting for
89	89	emergency medical services personnel to arrive, provide first] aid
90	90	for an injured [or treatment to the] person as prescribed by Article
91	91	2B.0301, Code of Criminal Procedure [to the extent of the officer's
92	92	skills and training, unless the request for emergency medical
93	93	services personnel or the provision of first aid or treatment would
94	94	expose the officer or another person to a risk of bodily injury or
95	95	the officer is injured and physically unable to make the request or
96	96	provide the treatment].
97	97	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.