Amend SB 30 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 9, strike "INTERACTION WITH".
(2) On page 1, line 20, between "encounters" and the underlined period, insert "and on the value that peace officers bring to the community".
(3) Strike "police" and substitute "peace" in each of the following places:
(A) page 1, line 23;
(B) page 2, line 1;
(C) page 2, line 2;
(D) page 2, line 4;
(E) page 2, line 6;
(F) page 2, line 9;
(G) page 3, line 13;
(H) page 3, line 15;
(I) page 3, line 16;
(J) page 3, line 19;
(K) page 3, line 20;
(L) page 3, line 23;
(M) page 4, line 21;
(N) page 4, line 23;
(O) page 4, line 24;
(P) page 4, line 26;
(Q) page 5, line 1; and
(R) page 5, line 4.
(4) On page 4, line 25, between "interactions" and the underlined semicolon, insert ", including the use by officers of de-escalation strategies and techniques".
(5) On page 5, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following appropriately numbered subdivision and renumber subsequent subdivisions accordingly:
(____) the Task Force on Civilian-Peace Officer Interactions established under Article 2.1398, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act, shall establish the initial criteria required under that article;
(6) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. This Act may be cited as the Community Safety Act.
SECTION ____. Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Article 2.1398 to read as follows:
Art. 2.1398. TASK FORCE ON CIVILIAN-PEACE OFFICER INTERACTIONS. (a) In this article, "task force" means the Task Force on Civilian-Peace Officer Interactions.
(b) The task force is established to study and report on the impact of civilian and peace officer education under Sections 28.012 and 1001.109, Education Code, and Section 1701.268, Occupations Code, on interactions between civilians and peace officers during traffic stops and other in-person encounters.
(c) The task force is composed of:
(1) a state senator appointed by the lieutenant governor;
(2) a state representative appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
(3) a member of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement appointed by the governor;
(4) a representative of a peace officer organization appointed by the governor;
(5) a representative of a criminal justice reform advocacy group or civil rights organization appointed by the governor; and
(6) four members of the public appointed as follows:
(A) two members appointed by the governor;
(B) one member appointed by the lieutenant governor; and
(C) one member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(d) The governor shall designate one of the members of the public appointed by the governor to serve as presiding officer.
(e) In conducting the study, the task force shall:
(1) collaborate with Texas Southern University and the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas;
(2) establish criteria for measuring any improvement in interactions between civilians and peace officers resulting from education described by Subsection (b); and
(3) consider all available data relevant to the study, including:
(A) data on racial profiling by peace officers;
(B) reports submitted under Article 2.139 or 2.1395;
(C) peace officer training materials; and
(D) any other relevant public records.
(f) Not later than December 1, 2022, the task force shall submit to the members of the legislature a report on the results of the study. The report must evaluate whether the education described by Subsection (b) improves interactions between civilians and peace officers, including by reducing the number of complaints filed against officers and the number of incidents involving use of force.
(g) This article expires September 1, 2023.
SECTION ____. Article 2.139, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by Chapter 1124 (HB 3791), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is redesignated as Article 2.1396, Code of Criminal Procedure.
SECTION ____. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the appropriate appointing person shall make the appointments to the Task Force on Civilian-Peace Officer Interactions as described by Article 2.1398, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act.
SECTION ____. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails over another Act of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes.