88R9627 JCG-D
 
  By: Holland H.B. No. 4873
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the licensing and regulation of peace officers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Sections 1701.165 and 1701.166 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 1701.165.  STANDARDS OF CONDUCT.  (a)  The commission by
  rule shall prescribe standards of conduct for officers.
         (b)  The standards of conduct must establish minimum
  standards with respect to the following:
               (1)  pursuit of a suspect; 
               (2)  arrest and control tactics;
               (3)  executing high-risk warrants; and
               (4)  conducting traffic stops, including a uniform
  standard for conducting a traffic stop for an offense punishable by
  fine only.
         (c)  The commission shall biennially review and update the
  standards of conduct as necessary.
         Sec. 1701.166.  SUBMISSION OF REVOKED LICENSE TO NATIONAL
  DATABASE. (a)  In this section, "national misconduct database"
  means the National Decertification Index maintained by the
  International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement
  Standards and Training, or a similar database selected by the
  commission that serves as a registry for the revocation of officer
  licenses in several jurisdictions based on misconduct committed by
  the officer. 
         (b)  The commission shall submit to the national misconduct
  database information necessary to create a record in the database
  for each officer license the commission revokes under Section
  1701.501(a-1) or 1701.4521. 
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter G, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1701.3135 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1701.3135.  DISQUALIFICATION: REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION
  IN ANOTHER STATE.  A person is disqualified to be an officer, and
  the commission may not issue an officer license to the person, if
  the person has been issued a license or other authorization to act
  as an officer in another state and the license or authorization was
  revoked or suspended.
         SECTION 3.  Section 1701.501, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), the commission
  may revoke or suspend a license, place on probation a person whose
  license has been suspended, or reprimand a license holder for
  violating a standard of conduct prescribed under Section 1701.165.
         SECTION 4.  Not later than January 1, 2024, the Texas
  Commission on Law Enforcement shall:
               (1)  prescribe the standards of conduct required by
  Section 1701.165, Occupations Code, as added by this Act; and
               (2)  adopt the rules necessary to implement Chapter
  1701, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act.
         SECTION 5.  Section 1701.3135, Occupations Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to an application for an officer license
  submitted under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, on or after the
  effective date of this Act.  An application submitted before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
  date the application was submitted, and the former law is continued
  in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 6.  The standards of conduct required by Section
  1701.165, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, apply only to
  conduct that occurs on or after January 1, 2024.  Conduct that
  occurs before January 1, 2024, is governed by the law in effect on
  the date the conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.