Bill Text: TX HB1597 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to county jailer training on interacting with veterans in the criminal justice system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-12 - Filed [HB1597 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1597-Introduced.html
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| By: Plesa | H.B. No. 1597 | |
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| relating to county jailer training on interacting with veterans in | ||
| the criminal justice system. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1701.273 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1701.273. TRAINING PROGRAM RELATING TO COUNTY JAILER | ||
| INTERACTIONS WITH VETERANS. The commission shall, in consultation | ||
| with the Texas Veterans Commission, develop a training program for | ||
| county jailers on interacting with veterans in the criminal justice | ||
| system. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 1701.310(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a person may not | ||
| be appointed as a county jailer, except on a temporary basis, unless | ||
| the person has satisfactorily completed a preparatory training | ||
| program, as required by the commission, in the operation of a county | ||
| jail at a school operated or licensed by the commission. The | ||
| training program must: | ||
| (1) consist of at least eight hours of mental health | ||
| training approved by the commission and the Commission on Jail | ||
| Standards; and | ||
| (2) include the training program developed under | ||
| Section 1701.273. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies to | ||
| a county jailer licensed under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, | ||
| regardless of whether the license was issued before, on, or after | ||
| the effective date of this Act. | ||
| (b) A county jailer who, on the effective date of this Act, | ||
| holds a county jailer license shall complete the training program | ||
| described by Section 1701.273, Occupations Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, not later than August 31, 2027. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
