Bill Text: TX HB680 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a law enforcement agency policy regarding drug and alcohol testing of peace officers involved in certain injuries or deaths.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB680 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB680-Introduced.html
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| By: Flores | H.B. No. 680 | |
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| relating to a law enforcement agency policy regarding drug and | ||
| alcohol testing of peace officers involved in certain injuries or | ||
| deaths. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2A, Code of Criminal | ||
| Procedure, is amended by adding Article 2A.067 to read as follows: | ||
| Art. 2A.067. LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICY ON DRUG AND ALCOHOL | ||
| TESTING AFTER OFFICER-INVOLVED INJURIES OR DEATHS. (a) In this | ||
| article: | ||
| (1) "Law enforcement agency" has the meaning assigned | ||
| by Article 2B.0053. | ||
| (2) "Officer-involved injury or death" means any | ||
| serious bodily injury or death caused by a peace officer regardless | ||
| of whether the peace officer was on duty at the time the injury or | ||
| death occurred. | ||
| (3) "Serious bodily injury" has the meaning assigned | ||
| by Section 1.07, Penal Code. | ||
| (b) This article applies only to a law enforcement agency | ||
| operating in a county with a population of more than 500,000. | ||
| (c) Each law enforcement agency to which this article | ||
| applies shall adopt a detailed written policy requiring a peace | ||
| officer who causes an officer-involved injury or death to submit to | ||
| the agency, not later than six hours after the officer-involved | ||
| injury or death, a specimen of the officer's blood, urine, or other | ||
| bodily substance to assess: | ||
| (1) the officer's blood alcohol content; and | ||
| (2) whether there is a controlled substance in the | ||
| officer's body. | ||
| SECTION 2. Each law enforcement agency to which Article | ||
| 2A.067, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act, applies | ||
| shall adopt the policy required by that article as soon as | ||
| practicable after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
