HB5228 - Relating to the collection of certain incident-based data reported to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

  89R11821 JCG-F     By: Ward Johnson, Johnson, Leach, Simmons H.B. No. 5228       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the collection of certain incident-based data reported   to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 1701.164, Occupations Code, is amended   to read as follows:          Sec. 1701.164.  COLLECTION OF CERTAIN INCIDENT-BASED DATA   SUBMITTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.   (a)  The commission shall   collect and maintain incident-based data submitted to the   commission under Article 2B.0055, Code of Criminal Procedure,   including incident-based data compiled by a law enforcement agency   from reports received by the law enforcement agency under Article   2B.0054 of that code.           (b)   The commission in consultation with the Department of   Public Safety, the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management   Institute of Texas, the W. W. Caruth, Jr., Police Institute at   Dallas, and the Texas Police Chiefs Association shall develop :                 (1)   guidelines for submitting in a standard format the   report containing incident-based data as required by Article   2B.0055, Code of Criminal Procedure ; and                 (2)     policies to ensure the quality and accuracy of the   data in a report described by Subdivision (1) .           (c)     Not later than January 1 of every odd-numbered year, the   commission shall review, and revise as necessary, the guidelines   and policies required under Subsection (b) to ensure that the   incident-based data described by Subsection (a) is of the quality   necessary to enable academic research and reporting based on the   data.           (d)     The commission shall make available on the commission's   publicly accessible Internet website:                 (1)     other than any information that is not subject to   disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, the incident-based   data described by Subsection (a) in a format that enables the public   to obtain an electronic copy and readily access the information;   and                 (2)     a glossary of terms relating to the incident-based   data described by Subsection (a) that assists the public in   understanding the data.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is   amended by adding Section 1701.1645 to read as follows:           Sec.   1701.1645.     STUDY ON IMPROVED COLLECTION OF   INCIDENT-BASED DATA.   (a)   The commission shall conduct a study on   the incident-based data described by Section 1701.164(a) and, based   on the findings of that study, make recommendations regarding:                 (1)     improving the quality of the incident-based data   collected under Article 2B.0054, Code of Criminal Procedure;                 (2)     reducing any redundant reporting or regulatory   requirements; and                 (3)  the feasibility of:                       (A)     collecting and reporting data not subject to   Article 2B.0054, Code of Criminal Procedure, regarding encounters   between peace officers and members of the public, including each   detention by a peace officer of a pedestrian; and                       (B)     collecting sufficient data to support a   multivariate analysis.           (b)     Not later than January 1, 2027, the commission shall   report the study's findings and recommendations under Subsection   (a) to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the   house of representatives, and each member of the legislature.           (c)  This section expires September 1, 2027.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.