Bill Text: TX HB932 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the training requirements for commissioned security officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-01 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB932 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB932-Introduced.html
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By: Sherman, Sr. | H.B. No. 932 |
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relating to the training requirements for commissioned security | ||
officers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1702.1675, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) 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; | ||
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(3) range instruction on handgun proficiency; | ||
(4) instruction on cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and | ||
(5) instruction on the use of a Taser device as | ||
described by Subsection (a-1). | ||
(a-1) The commission shall establish a training course for | ||
commissioned security officers regarding the use of a device | ||
intended, designed, made, or adapted to incapacitate a person by | ||
inflicting an electrical charge through the emission of a | ||
projectile or conductive stream. The course must include | ||
instruction on: | ||
(1) the safe use of the device; and | ||
(2) applicable state laws. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1702.1675, Occupations Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, applies only to a basic training course that begins on | ||
or after January 1, 2022. A basic training course that begins | ||
before January 1, 2022, 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 3. Not later than January 1, 2022, 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |