88R5403 JCG-D
 
  By: West S.B. No. 999
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the requirement that providers of active shooter
  training at public schools and institutions of higher education
  obtain a certificate issued by the Texas Commission on Law
  Enforcement.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1701.2515 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1701.2515.  CERTIFICATE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ACTIVE
  SHOOTER TRAINING AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
  EDUCATION. (a)  A person may not provide active shooter training to
  students or employees at a public primary or secondary school or an
  institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003,
  Education Code, unless the person is certified by the commission
  under this section to provide active shooter training.
         (b)  The commission shall:
               (1)  establish a certification program for providers of
  active shooter training; and
               (2)  issue a certificate to a provider who completes
  the program established under Subdivision (1).
         (c)  The commission shall adopt rules for the renewal of a
  certificate issued under this section. The commission may require
  continuing education for the renewal of the certificate.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than September 1, 2024, the Texas
  Commission on Law Enforcement shall establish the certification
  program required by Section 1701.2515, Occupations Code, as added
  by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  Section 1701.2515(a), Occupations Code, as added
  by this Act, applies only to active shooter training provided on or
  after December 1, 2024.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.