Bill Text: TX HB496 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a peace officer's duty to display and provide the officer's name and identification number; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Left pending in committee [HB496 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB496-Introduced.html
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| By: Wu | H.B. No. 496 | |
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| relating to a peace officer's duty to display and provide the | ||
| officer's name and identification number; creating a criminal | ||
| offense. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Article 2.1301 to read as follows: | ||
| Art. 2.1301. DUTY TO DISPLAY AND PROVIDE NAME AND | ||
| IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. (a) A peace officer who is discharging an | ||
| official duty and is not undercover shall: | ||
| (1) display in a visible manner at all times the | ||
| officer's first and last name and badge number or other | ||
| identification number; and | ||
| (2) provide the officer's first and last name and badge | ||
| number or other identification number to any person on request. | ||
| (b) A peace officer wearing riot gear that includes a helmet | ||
| or a shield is considered to have complied with Subsection (a)(1) | ||
| only if the officer displays the required information on each of | ||
| those items, as applicable. | ||
| (c) A peace officer commits an offense if the officer | ||
| violates Subsection (a)(2). An offense under this subsection is a | ||
| Class C misdemeanor. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
