Monitoring the SessionSB 421
Died in committee
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relating to training for peace officers on acquired and traumatic brain injuries and trauma-affected veterans.
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Two existing programs become part of the required curriculum.
The bill makes two existing state training programs for peace officers, one on acquired and traumatic brain injuries and one on trauma-affected veterans, part of the required basic curriculum. It touches new officer trainees and current officers, who must complete the training unless they already took it in basic training or took equivalent training the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement accepts. On the ground, the commission must write rules making the courses mandatory, and new trainees who start on or after January 1, 2026 get them as part of basic training.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R SB 1380 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R SB 1380 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 21, 2024 and referred to the Senate Criminal Justice committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-SB421 · 2024-11-21
relating to training for peace officers on acquired and traumatic brain injuries and trauma-affected veterans.
Two existing programs become part of the required curriculum.
The bill makes two existing state training programs for peace officers, one on acquired and traumatic brain injuries and one on trauma-affected veterans, part of the required basic curriculum. It touches new officer trainees and current officers, who must complete the training unless they already took it in basic training or took equivalent training the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement accepts. On the ground, the commission must write rules making the courses mandatory, and new trainees who start on or after January 1, 2026 get them as part of basic training.
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Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Sen. Eckhardt, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Mar 16, 2023: Referred to Criminal Justice
Relating to training for peace officers on acquired and traumatic brain injuries and trauma-affected veterans.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Nov 21, 2024
02/03/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Senate committee · Criminal Justice · Final status: Died in committee
Law Enforcement
Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions
PEACE OFFICERS
LAW ENFORCEMENT, TEXAS COMMISSION ON
The text as introduced · 274 words
89R4386 GP-D By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 421 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to training for peace officers on acquired and traumatic brain injuries and trauma-affected veterans. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 1701.253, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsection (u) to read as follows: (u) As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the commission shall require an officer to complete the training programs established under Sections 1701.264 and 1701.265. SECTION 2. Section 1701.264, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) The commission by rule shall require an officer to complete the training program established under this section unless the officer has completed the training under Section 1701.253(u) or other training equivalent to the training program as determined by the commission. SECTION 3. Section 1701.265, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) The commission by rule shall require an officer to complete the training program established under this section unless the officer has completed the training under Section 1701.253(u) or other training equivalent to the training program as determined by the commission. SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt rules to implement Sections 1701.253(u), 1701.264(c), and 1701.265(c), Occupations Code, as added by this Act. SECTION 5. The minimum curriculum requirements under Section 1701.253(u), Occupations Code, as added by this Act, apply only to an officer who first begins to satisfy those requirements on or after January 1, 2026. SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.