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AN ACT
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relating to an active shooter emergency policy for school districts |
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and required active shooter training for school district peace |
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officers and school resource officers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.108, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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(g |
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) A school district shall include in its multihazard |
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emergency operations plan a policy for responding to an active |
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shooter emergency. The school district may use any available |
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community resources in developing the policy described by this |
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subsection. |
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SECTION 2. Section 37.0812, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 37.0812. TRAINING POLICY: SCHOOL DISTRICT PEACE |
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OFFICERS AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. (a) A school district peace |
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officer or school resource officer shall complete an active shooter |
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response training program approved by the Texas Commission on Law |
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Enforcement. |
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(b) A school district with an enrollment of 30,000 or more |
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students that commissions a school district peace officer or at |
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which a school resource officer provides law enforcement shall |
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adopt a policy requiring the officer to complete the education and |
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training program required by Section 1701.263, Occupations Code. |
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SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall approve |
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an active shooter response training program required under Section |
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37.0812, Education Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. A school district peace officer or school |
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resource officer who begins employment with or begins providing law |
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enforcement at a school district on a date occurring before the |
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effective date of this Act shall complete the training required by |
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Section 37.0812, Education Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as |
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practicable after the effective date of this Act but not later than |
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August 31, 2020. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2195 was passed by the House on April |
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25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2195 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2195 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |