By: Gutierrez S.B. No. 738
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to law enforcement radio interoperability and training.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter N, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 411.404 to read as follows:
         Sec. 411.404.  RADIO INTEROPERABILITY IN COUNTIES AFFECTED
  BY OPERATION LONE STAR. In any county impacted by or adjacent to
  Operation Lone Star, the department shall ensure that all public
  safety entities have emergency radio infrastructure that allows
  inter operable communication between all other public safety
  entities, including communication between different types of
  public safety agencies.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 411.2098 to read as follows:
         Sec. 411.2098.  MASS SHOOTING TRAINING. The department
  shall establish a process to train public safety entities including
  local law enforcement entities in response to a mass shooting
  event. The training must include the following:
               (1)  protection of students in a mass shooting event at
  a school;
               (2)  emergency medical response training in minimizing
  gun violence casualties;
               (3)  tactics for denying an intruder entry into a
  classroom or school facility; and
               (4)  the chain of command of command during a mass
  shooting event.
         SECTION 3.  Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.