Bill Text: TX HB3424 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility and training requirements for commissioned security officers and personal protection officers.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB3424 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3424-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 3424
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the eligibility and training requirements for
  commissioned security officers and personal protection officers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1702.163, Occupations Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (h) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  An applicant employed by a company license holder is not
  eligible for a security officer commission unless the applicant
  submits as part of the application satisfactory evidence that the
  applicant has:
               (1)  completed the basic training course at a school or
  under an instructor approved by the department;
               (2)  met each qualification established by this chapter
  and administrative rule;
               (3)  achieved the score required by the department on
  the examination under Section 1702.1685; [and]
               (4)  demonstrated to the satisfaction of the firearm
  training instructor that the applicant has complied with other
  department standards for minimum marksmanship competency with a
  handgun; and
               (5)  provided proof of completion by and the results of
  the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory test for the
  applicant.
         (h)  The commission by rule shall require an applicant for a
  security officer commission to complete the Minnesota Multiphasic
  Personality Inventory test. The department may use the results of
  the test to evaluate the applicant's psychological fitness.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 1702.1675(a) and (g), Occupations Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The commission shall establish a basic training course
  for commissioned security officers. The course must include, at a
  minimum:
               (1)  general security officer training issues;
               (2)  classroom instruction on handgun proficiency and
  self-defense tactics; and
               (3)  range instruction on handgun proficiency.
         (g)  The handgun proficiency and self-defense course must
  include at least 10 hours and not more than 15 hours of in-person
  instruction with an on-site instructor approved by the department
  on:
               (1)  the laws that relate to weapons and to the use of
  deadly force;
               (2)  handgun use, proficiency, and safety;
               (3)  nonviolent dispute resolution; [and]
               (4)  proper storage practices for handguns, with an
  emphasis on storage practices that eliminate the possibility of
  accidental injury to a child; and
               (5)  self-defense tactics.
         SECTION 3.  Section 1702.1685(a), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The proficiency examination required to obtain or renew
  a security officer commission must include:
               (1)  a written section on the subjects listed in
  Sections 1702.1675(g)(1)-(4) [Section 1702.1675(g)]; and
               (2)  a physical demonstration of handgun proficiency
  that meets the minimum standards established under Section
  1702.1675(h) or (i).
         SECTION 4.  Section 1702.205(b), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The training required by this section:
               (1)  must be provided in-person; and
               (2)  is in addition to the basic training course for
  security officers.
         SECTION 5.  A person who holds a security officer commission
  issued under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, on January 1, 2024,
  and applies to renew the commission on or after January 1, 2024,
  shall provide to Department of Public Safety, at the time of the
  person's first renewal of the commission on or after that date,
  proof of completion and the results of the Minnesota Multiphasic
  Personality Inventory psychological test taken by the person. The
  department may use the results of the test to evaluate the
  applicant's psychological fitness.
         SECTION 6.  Section 1702.163(a), Occupations Code, as
  amended by this Act, applies only to an application for a security
  officer commission submitted on or after January 1, 2024. An
  application for a security officer commission submitted before
  January 1, 2024, is governed by the law in effect immediately before
  the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 7.  (a) Section 1702.1675, Occupations Code, as
  amended by this Act, applies only to a basic training course for
  commissioned security officers that begins on or after January 1,
  2024. A basic training course for commissioned security officers
  that begins before January 1, 2024, is governed by the law in effect
  immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former
  law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         (b)  Not later than January 1, 2024, the Public Safety
  Commission shall update the basic training course for commissioned
  security officers to comply with Section 1702.1675, Occupations
  Code, as amended by this Act.
         SECTION 8.  Section 1702.205, Occupations Code, as amended
  by this Act, applies only to a personal protection officer training
  course that begins on or after January 1, 2024. A personal
  protection officer training course that begins before January 1,
  2024, is governed by the law in effect immediately before the
  effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 9.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3424 was passed by the House on May
  12, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 122, Nays 18, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 3424 on May 26, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 7,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3424 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays
  2.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor       
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