Bill Text: TX HB765 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to liability insurance certain peace officers obtain for damages resulting from the officers' misconduct.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-05 - Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs [HB765 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB765-Introduced.html
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| By: Jones of Harris | H.B. No. 765 | |
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| relating to liability insurance certain peace officers obtain for | ||
| damages resulting from the officers' misconduct. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 612, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 612.006 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 612.006. LIABILITY INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PEACE | ||
| OFFICER MISCONDUCT. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Law enforcement agency" means an agency of this | ||
| state or an agency of a political subdivision of this state | ||
| authorized by law to employ peace officers. | ||
| (2) "Peace officer" means an individual elected, | ||
| appointed, or employed to serve as a peace officer for a | ||
| governmental entity under Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal | ||
| Procedure, or other law. | ||
| (b) This section applies only to a peace officer, other than | ||
| a reserve peace officer, who: | ||
| (1) works as a peace officer for a law enforcement | ||
| agency; and | ||
| (2) is entitled to benefits offered to a full-time | ||
| peace officer by the employing agency, such as retirement benefits. | ||
| (c) A law enforcement agency may not employ a peace officer | ||
| to whom this section applies unless the peace officer obtains and | ||
| continuously maintains liability insurance to cover damages | ||
| resulting from any misconduct, including intentional or negligent | ||
| acts, the peace officer commits while acting in the scope of the | ||
| peace officer's employment for the law enforcement agency. | ||
| (d) Liability insurance obtained and maintained for | ||
| purposes of Subsection (c) must comply with the rules the | ||
| commissioner of insurance adopts under Subsection (e). | ||
| (e) The commissioner of insurance shall adopt rules that: | ||
| (1) set a minimum liability insurance coverage amount | ||
| for a policy allowing a reasonable number of victims to be | ||
| compensated; and | ||
| (2) require a policy to state the policy is provided in | ||
| accordance with and is subject to this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2026, the commissioner | ||
| of insurance shall adopt rules to implement Section 612.006, | ||
| Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 612.006(c), Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to a peace officer employed on or after | ||
| September 1, 2026. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
