Bill Text: TX HB832 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the duties and powers of peace officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. [HB832 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB832-Introduced.html

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87R1688 AJZ-F
By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 832

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the duties and powers of peace officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 2.13(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The officer [shall]:
(1) may, if authorized [in every case authorized by
the provisions of this Code], interfere without warrant to prevent
or suppress crime;
(2) shall execute all lawful process issued to the
officer by any magistrate or court;
(3) shall give notice to some magistrate of all
offenses committed within the officer's jurisdiction, if [where]
the officer has probable cause [good reason] to believe there has
been a violation of the penal law; [and]
(4) may, if authorized, arrest offenders without
warrant so [in every case where the officer is authorized by law, in
order] that they may be taken before the proper magistrate or court
and be tried;
(5) shall make an identification as a peace officer
before taking any action within the course and scope of the
officer's official duties unless the identification would render
the action impracticable;
(6) shall intervene if the use of force by another
peace officer:
(A) violates state or federal law or a policy of
any entity served by the other officer;
(B) puts any person at risk of bodily injury,
unless the officer reasonably believes that the other officer's use
of force is immediately necessary to avoid imminent harm to a peace
officer or other person; or
(C) is not required to apprehend or complete the
apprehension of a suspect; and
(7) shall provide aid immediately to any person who
needs medical attention, including a person who needs medical
attention as a result of the use of force by a peace officer.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.