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  89R13748 GP-F     By: Isaac H.B. No. 4956       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring a certification for peace officers to conduct   certain polygraph examinations.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is   amended by adding Section 1701.318 to read as follows:           Sec.   1701.318.     CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR PEACE OFFICERS TO   CONDUCT POLYGRAPH EXAMINATIONS. (a) The commission by rule may   establish minimum requirements for the training, testing, and   certification of peace officers to conduct polygraph examinations   for the purpose of:                 (1)     a preemployment examination of a candidate   applying for a position that requires a license under this chapter;                 (2)  a criminal investigation; or                 (3)  a post-conviction sex offender test.           (b)     The commission shall adopt rules prohibiting a peace   officer from conducting a polygraph examination for a purpose   described by Subsection (a) unless the officer:                 (1)     completes a training course approved by the   commission; and                 (2)     passes an examination administered by the   commission that is designed to test the officer's knowledge of   investigative polygraphy.           (c)     The commission shall issue a certification to conduct   polygraph examinations to a peace officer who applies for the   certification, completes the required training, and passes the   required examination.           (d)     A peace officer holding a certification issued under   this section must conduct a test described by Subsection (a)(3) in   accordance with guidelines established by the American Polygraph   Association, or a successor entity.          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt   rules required by Section 1701.318, Occupations Code, as added by   this Act.          SECTION 3.  A peace officer is not required to comply with   rules adopted under Section 1701.318, Occupations Code, as added by   this Act, until January 1, 2027.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.