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  89R2335 MZM-F     By: Flores H.B. No. 680       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a law enforcement agency policy regarding drug and   alcohol testing of peace officers involved in certain injuries or   deaths.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 2A, Code of Criminal   Procedure, is amended by adding Article 2A.067 to read as follows:           Art.   2A.067.     LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICY ON DRUG AND ALCOHOL   TESTING AFTER OFFICER-INVOLVED INJURIES OR DEATHS. (a)     In this   article:                 (1)     "Law enforcement agency" has the meaning assigned   by Article 2B.0053.                 (2)     "Officer-involved injury or death" means any   serious bodily injury or death caused by a peace officer regardless   of whether the peace officer was on duty at the time the injury or   death occurred.                 (3)     "Serious bodily injury"   has the meaning assigned   by Section 1.07, Penal Code.           (b)     This article   applies only to a law enforcement agency   operating in a county with a population of more than 500,000.           (c)     Each law enforcement agency to which this article   applies shall adopt a detailed written policy requiring a peace   officer who causes an officer-involved injury or death to submit to   the agency, not later than six hours after the officer-involved   injury or death, a specimen of the officer's blood, urine, or other   bodily substance to assess:                 (1)  the officer's blood alcohol content; and                   (2)     whether there is a controlled substance in the   officer's body.            SECTION 2.  Each law enforcement agency to which Article   2A.067, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act, applies   shall adopt the policy required by that article as soon as   practicable after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.