Bill Text: TX SB496 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a study on potential improvements to training provided to 9-1-1 emergency service call takers and dispatchers.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB496 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB496-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 496 | ||
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| relating to a study on potential improvements to training provided | ||
| to 9-1-1 emergency service call takers and dispatchers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) In this Act, "commission" means the Texas | ||
| Commission on Law Enforcement. | ||
| (b) The commission, in consultation with the Texas A&M | ||
| Engineering Extension Service, shall conduct a study to identify | ||
| potential improvements to training provided to 9-1-1 emergency | ||
| service call takers and dispatchers. | ||
| (c) In conducting the study, the commission shall consider: | ||
| (1) the effectiveness of current training provided to | ||
| 9-1-1 emergency service call takers and dispatchers on | ||
| communicating accurate information to law enforcement officers; | ||
| (2) potential improvements to the training to ensure | ||
| 9-1-1 emergency service call takers and dispatchers are accurately | ||
| identifying, classifying, and communicating information. | ||
| (d) In conducting the study, the commission may collaborate | ||
| with law enforcement agencies, community representatives, and | ||
| other interested parties. | ||
| (e) Not later than September 1, 2024, the commission shall | ||
| prepare and submit to the legislature a written report containing | ||
| the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or | ||
| other action. | ||
| (f) This Act expires September 1, 2025. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 496 passed the Senate on | ||
| May 3, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 496 passed the House on | ||
| May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 112, Nays 31, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
