88R9381 JCG-D
 
  By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1477
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to active shooter training for peace officers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1701.253, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (q) to read as follows:
         (q)  As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the
  commission shall require an officer to complete a training program
  of not less than 16 hours on responding to an active shooter as
  provided by the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training
  Center at Texas State University--San Marcos, or a similar
  organization approved by the commission. An officer shall complete
  the program not later than the last day of the first full continuing
  education training period that begins on or after the date the
  officer is licensed under this chapter unless the officer completes
  the program as part of the officer's basic training course.
  Completion of a training program under this subsection satisfies
  any other requirement for the officer to complete a training
  program on responding to active shooters, including under Section
  37.0812(a), Education Code.
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt
  rules to implement Section 1701.253(q), Occupations Code, as added
  by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  The minimum curriculum requirements under
  Section 1701.253(q), Occupations Code, as added by this Act, apply
  only to an officer who first begins to satisfy those requirements on
  or after January 1, 2024.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.