Bill Text: TX HB4873 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the licensing and regulation of peace officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Postponed 6/7/23 10:00 AM [HB4873 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4873-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the licensing and regulation of peace officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Postponed 6/7/23 10:00 AM [HB4873 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4873-Introduced.html
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By: Holland | H.B. No. 4873 |
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relating to the licensing and regulation of peace officers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 1701.165 and 1701.166 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 1701.165. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT. (a) The commission by | ||
rule shall prescribe standards of conduct for officers. | ||
(b) The standards of conduct must establish minimum | ||
standards with respect to the following: | ||
(1) pursuit of a suspect; | ||
(2) arrest and control tactics; | ||
(3) executing high-risk warrants; and | ||
(4) conducting traffic stops, including a uniform | ||
standard for conducting a traffic stop for an offense punishable by | ||
fine only. | ||
(c) The commission shall biennially review and update the | ||
standards of conduct as necessary. | ||
Sec. 1701.166. SUBMISSION OF REVOKED LICENSE TO NATIONAL | ||
DATABASE. (a) In this section, "national misconduct database" | ||
means the National Decertification Index maintained by the | ||
International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement | ||
Standards and Training, or a similar database selected by the | ||
commission that serves as a registry for the revocation of officer | ||
licenses in several jurisdictions based on misconduct committed by | ||
the officer. | ||
(b) The commission shall submit to the national misconduct | ||
database information necessary to create a record in the database | ||
for each officer license the commission revokes under Section | ||
1701.501(a-1) or 1701.4521. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 1701.3135 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1701.3135. DISQUALIFICATION: REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION | ||
IN ANOTHER STATE. A person is disqualified to be an officer, and | ||
the commission may not issue an officer license to the person, if | ||
the person has been issued a license or other authorization to act | ||
as an officer in another state and the license or authorization was | ||
revoked or suspended. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 1701.501, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the commission | ||
may revoke or suspend a license, place on probation a person whose | ||
license has been suspended, or reprimand a license holder for | ||
violating a standard of conduct prescribed under Section 1701.165. | ||
SECTION 4. Not later than January 1, 2024, the Texas | ||
Commission on Law Enforcement shall: | ||
(1) prescribe the standards of conduct required by | ||
Section 1701.165, Occupations Code, as added by this Act; and | ||
(2) adopt the rules necessary to implement Chapter | ||
1701, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 1701.3135, Occupations Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to an application for an officer license | ||
submitted under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. An application submitted before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
date the application was submitted, and the former law is continued | ||
in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 6. The standards of conduct required by Section | ||
1701.165, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, apply only to | ||
conduct that occurs on or after January 1, 2024. Conduct that | ||
occurs before January 1, 2024, is governed by the law in effect on | ||
the date the conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |