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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to active shooter training for peace officers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1701.253(q), Occupations Code, as added |
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by Chapter 102 (S.B. 1852), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2023, is redesignated as Sections 1701.253(r) and (r-1), |
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Occupations Code, and amended to read as follows: |
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(r) [(q)] As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, |
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the commission shall require an officer to complete a training |
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program of not less than 16 hours on responding to an active shooter |
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as developed by: |
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(1) the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response |
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Training Center at Texas State University--San Marcos; or |
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(2) a firearms training program provider if the |
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commission determines the program is similar to the program |
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developed by the entity described by Subdivision (1). |
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(r-1) [An officer shall complete the program not later than |
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the last day of the first full continuing education training period |
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that begins on or after the date the officer is licensed under this |
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chapter unless the officer completes the program as part of the |
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officer's basic training course.] Completion of a training program |
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under Subsection (r) [this subsection] satisfies any other |
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requirement, other than a continuing education requirement under |
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Section 1701.3525, for the officer to complete a training program |
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on responding to active shootings, including under Section |
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37.0812(a), Education Code. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1701.3525(a), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) As part of the continuing education programs under |
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Section 1701.351(a), an officer must complete not less than 16 |
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hours of training on responding to an active shooter as developed |
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by: |
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(1) the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response |
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Training Center at Texas State University--San Marcos; or |
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(2) a firearms training program provider if the |
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commission determines the program is similar to the program |
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developed by the entity described by Subdivision (1). |
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SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, |
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relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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codes. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |