Amend SB 7 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Section 22.001(a), Education Code (page 1, lines 24-25), following "employed in a professional law enforcement capacity" insert "or is otherwise employed as a first responder, as defined by Section 403.0165(l)(4), Government Code,".
(2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in the amended heading to Section 403.0165, Government Code (page 1, lines 37-38), strike "CERTAIN FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL" and substitute "FIRST RESPONDERS".
(3) Strike SECTION 4 of the bill (page 1, line 60, through page 2, line 7) and substitute the following:
SECTION 4. Section 403.0165(l), Government Code, is amended by adding Subdivisions (3) and (4) to read as follows:
(3) "Covered employee of a state agency" means an employee who is a first responder, including:
(A) an individual employed by a state agency in a professional law enforcement or firefighting capacity; or
(B) an individual employed by a state agency in a capacity that meets the definition of "emergency medical services personnel," as that term is defined by Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code.
(4) "First responder" means an individual who, in the course of employment, is:
(A) offered by the individual's employer any of the following:
(i) active shooter response training;
(ii) disaster preparedness training;
(iii) disaster response training;
(iv) self-defense training;
(v) use-of-force training; or
(vi) emergency medical training, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation training; or
(B) expected to execute duties in response to a hurricane or other storm, flood, tornado, earthquake, fire, or other natural disaster.
(4) In SECTION 7 of the bill, in amended Section 659.1031(a), Government Code (page 2, lines 40-41), strike "employed in a professional law enforcement capacity" and substitute "who is employed in a professional law enforcement capacity or is otherwise employed as a first responder as defined by Section 403.0165(l)(4)".
(5) In SECTION 8 of the bill, in the amended heading to Section 141.008, Local Government Code (page 2, lines 47-49), strike "CERTAIN MUNICIPAL FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL" and substitute "FIRST RESPONDERS".
(6) In SECTION 9 of the bill, in amended Section 141.008(a), Local Government Code (page 2, line 54), between "is" and the colon, insert "a first responder, as defined by Section 403.0165(l)(4), Government Code, including an employee who is".
(7) In SECTION 13 of the bill, in amended Section 155.001(a)(2), Local Government Code (page 3, line 59), between "employee" and "serves", insert "is a first responder, as defined by Section 403.0165(l)(4), Government Code, including an employee who".