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

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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-Comm_Sub.html

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88R13025 SHH-F
By: Frazier H.B. No. 3424

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the training requirements for commissioned security
officers and personal protection officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. (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 5. 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 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.