88R13025 SHH-F
 
  By: Frazier H.B. No. 3424
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the training requirements for commissioned security
  officers and personal protection officers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 1702.1675(a) and (g), Occupations Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The commission shall establish a basic training course
  for commissioned security officers.  The course must include, at a
  minimum:
               (1)  general security officer training issues;
               (2)  classroom instruction on handgun proficiency and
  self-defense tactics; and
               (3)  range instruction on handgun proficiency.
         (g)  The handgun proficiency and self-defense course must
  include at least 10 hours and not more than 15 hours of in-person 
  instruction with an on-site instructor approved by the department
  on:
               (1)  the laws that relate to weapons and to the use of
  deadly force;
               (2)  handgun use, proficiency, and safety;
               (3)  nonviolent dispute resolution; [and]
               (4)  proper storage practices for handguns, with an
  emphasis on storage practices that eliminate the possibility of
  accidental injury to a child; and
               (5)  self-defense tactics.
         SECTION 2.  Section 1702.1685(a), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The proficiency examination required to obtain or renew
  a security officer commission must include:
               (1)  a written section on the subjects listed in
  Sections 1702.1675(g)(1)-(4) [Section 1702.1675(g)]; and
               (2)  a physical demonstration of handgun proficiency
  that meets the minimum standards established under Section
  1702.1675(h) or (i).
         SECTION 3.  Section 1702.205(b), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The training required by this section:
               (1)  must be provided in-person; and
               (2)  is in addition to the basic training course for
  security officers.
         SECTION 4.  (a)  Section 1702.1675, Occupations Code, as
  amended by this Act, applies only to a basic training course for
  commissioned security officers that begins on or after January 1,
  2024.  A basic training course for commissioned security officers
  that begins before January 1, 2024, is governed by the law in effect
  immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former
  law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         (b)  Not later than January 1, 2024, the Public Safety
  Commission shall update the basic training course for commissioned
  security officers to comply with Section 1702.1675, Occupations
  Code, as amended by this Act.
         SECTION 5.  Section 1702.205, Occupations Code, as amended
  by this Act, applies only to a personal protection officer training
  course that begins on or after January 1, 2024.  A personal
  protection officer training course that begins before January 1,
  2024, is governed by the law in effect immediately before the
  effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.