H.B. No. 1036

	AN ACT
	relating to reporting requirements for certain injuries or deaths
	caused by peace officers and for certain injuries or deaths of peace
	officers.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by adding Articles 2.139 and 2.1395 to read as follows:
	Art. 2.139.  REPORTS REQUIRED FOR OFFICER-INVOLVED INJURIES
	OR DEATHS. (a) In this article:
	(1)  "Deadly weapon" means:
	(A)  a firearm or any object manifestly designed,
	made, or adapted for the purpose of inflicting death or serious
	bodily injury; or
	(B)  any object that in the manner of its use or
	intended use is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.
	(2)  "Officer-involved injury or death" means an
	incident during which a peace officer discharges a firearm causing
	injury or death to another.
	(b)  The office of the attorney general by rule shall create
	a written and electronic form for the reporting by law enforcement
	agencies of an officer-involved injury or death.  The form must
	include spaces to report only the following information:
	(1)  the date on which the incident occurred;
	(2)  the location where the incident occurred;
	(3)  the age, gender, and race or ethnicity of each
	peace officer involved in the incident;
	(4)  if known, the age, gender, and race or ethnicity of
	each injured or deceased person involved in the incident;
	(5)  whether the person was injured or died as a result
	of the incident;
	(6)  whether each injured or deceased person used,
	exhibited, or was carrying a deadly weapon during the incident;
	(7)  whether each peace officer involved in the
	incident was on duty during the incident;
	(8)  whether each peace officer involved in the
	incident was responding to an emergency call or a request for
	assistance and, if so, whether the officer responded to that call or
	request with one or more other peace officers; and
	(9)  whether the incident occurred during or as a
	result of:
	(A)  the execution of a warrant; or
	(B)  a hostage, barricade, or other emergency
	situation.
	(c)  Not later than the 30th day after the date of an
	officer-involved injury or death, the law enforcement agency
	employing an officer involved in the incident must complete and
	submit a written or electronic report, using the form created under
	Subsection (b), to the office of the attorney general and, if the
	agency maintains an Internet website, post a copy of the report on
	the agency's website. The report must include all information
	described in Subsection (b).
	(d)  Not later than the fifth day after the date of receipt of
	a report submitted under Subsection (c), the office of the attorney
	general shall post a copy of the report on the office's Internet
	website.
	(e)  Not later than February 1 of each year, the office of the
	attorney general shall submit a report regarding all
	officer-involved injuries or deaths that occurred during the
	preceding year to the governor and the standing legislative
	committees with primary jurisdiction over criminal justice
	matters. The report must include:
	(1)  the total number of officer-involved injuries or
	deaths;
	(2)  a summary of the reports submitted to the office
	under this article; and
	(3)  a copy of each report submitted to the office under
	this article.
	Art. 2.1395.  REPORTS REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN INJURIES OR
	DEATHS OF PEACE OFFICERS. (a) The office of the attorney general
	by rule shall create a written and electronic form for the reporting
	by law enforcement agencies of incidents in which, while a peace
	officer is performing an official duty, a person who is not a peace
	officer discharges a firearm and causes injury or death to the
	officer. The form must include spaces to report only the following
	information:
	(1)  the date on which the incident occurred;
	(2)  the location where the incident occurred;
	(3)  the age, gender, and race or ethnicity of each
	injured or deceased peace officer involved in the incident;
	(4)  if known, the age, gender, and race or ethnicity of
	each person who discharged a firearm and caused injury or death to a
	peace officer involved in the incident; and
	(5)  whether the officer or any other person was
	injured or died as a result of the incident.
	(b)  Not later than the 30th day after the date of the
	occurrence of an incident described by Subsection (a), the law
	enforcement agency employing the injured or deceased officer at the
	time of the incident must complete and submit a written or
	electronic report, using the form created under that subsection, to
	the office of the attorney general and, if the agency maintains an
	Internet website, post a copy of the report on the agency's website.
	The report must include all information described in Subsection
	(a).
	(c)  Not later than February 1 of each year, the office of the
	attorney general shall submit a report regarding all incidents
	described by Subsection (a) that occurred during the preceding year
	to the governor and the standing legislative committees with
	primary jurisdiction over criminal justice matters. The report must
	include:
	(1)  the total number of incidents that occurred;
	(2)  a summary of the reports submitted to the office
	under this article; and
	(3)  a copy of each report submitted to the office under
	this article.
	SECTION 2.  Not later than October 1, 2015, the office of the
	attorney general shall create the reporting forms required under
	Articles 2.139 and 2.1395, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by
	this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1036 was passed by the House on May 7,
	2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 1, 2 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 1036 on May 23, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 0,
	1 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1036 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
	0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor