Bill Text: TX SB421 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to training for peace officers on acquired and traumatic brain injuries and trauma-affected veterans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-21 - Filed [SB421 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB421-Introduced.html
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| By: Eckhardt | S.B. No. 421 | |
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| relating to training for peace officers on acquired and traumatic | ||
| brain injuries and trauma-affected veterans. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1701.253, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (u) to read as follows: | ||
| (u) As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the | ||
| commission shall require an officer to complete the training | ||
| programs established under Sections 1701.264 and 1701.265. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 1701.264, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The commission by rule shall require an officer to | ||
| complete the training program established under this section unless | ||
| the officer has completed the training under Section 1701.253(u) or | ||
| other training equivalent to the training program as determined by | ||
| the commission. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 1701.265, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The commission by rule shall require an officer to | ||
| complete the training program established under this section unless | ||
| the officer has completed the training under Section 1701.253(u) or | ||
| other training equivalent to the training program as determined by | ||
| the commission. | ||
| SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt | ||
| rules to implement Sections 1701.253(u), 1701.264(c), and | ||
| 1701.265(c), Occupations Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. The minimum curriculum requirements under | ||
| Section 1701.253(u), Occupations Code, as added by this Act, apply | ||
| only to an officer who first begins to satisfy those requirements on | ||
| or after January 1, 2026. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
