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89(R) HB 101 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
H.B. No. 101
AN ACT
relating to creating the Texas State Guard Professionalization Task
Force.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 437, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 437.311 to read as follows:
Sec.
437.311.
TEXAS STATE GUARD PROFESSIONALIZATION TASK
FORCE. (a) The Texas State Guard Professionalization Task Force is
created to advise the adjutant general on the professionalization
of the Texas State Guard.
(b) The task force is composed of:
(1)
the adjutant general or the adjutant general's
designee;
(2)
the director of the Department of Public Safety or
the director's designee;
(3)
the chief of the Texas Division of Emergency
Management or the chief's designee;
(4)
the executive director of the Texas Department of
Transportation or the executive director's designee;
(5)
the director of the Texas A&M Forest Service or the
director's designee; and
(6)
the executive head of any other state agency or the
executive head's designee as determined by the adjutant general or
the adjutant general's designee.
(c)
The adjutant general or the adjutant general's designee
is the chair of the task force.
(d)
The task force shall meet at the call of the chair as
often as necessary to perform the task force's duties.
(e) The task force shall:
(1)
examine the state missions and operations of the
Texas State Guard using statistical analyses and data received from
focus groups and other research methods, including identifying the
short- and long-term critical state missions and operations needs
of the Texas State Guard;
(2)
identify any existing and potential challenges and
threats to the Texas State Guard's operations, including critical
infrastructure;
(3)
develop solutions to overcome the challenges and
threats identified under Subdivision (2);
(4) develop strategies to:
(A) professionalize the Texas State Guard; and
(B)
develop the capabilities of the Texas State
Guard that are consistent with the findings and determinations made
under this subsection;
(5)
recommend to the adjutant general and the
governor:
(A)
policy priorities to address the long-term
needs identified under Subdivision (1); and
(B)
the solutions developed under Subdivision
(3) and policy priorities and budgetary needs to implement those
solutions; and
(6)
advise the adjutant general and the governor
regarding the staffing, facilities, equipment, and technology
needed to implement the strategies developed under Subdivision (4).
(f)
Not later than August 31, 2026, the task force shall
submit a report to the adjutant general and the governor that
contains the task force's findings and recommendations described by
Subsection (e)(5).
(g) This section expires September 1, 2026.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
______________________________
______________________________
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 101 was passed by the House on May 13,
2025, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, 2 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 101 was passed by the Senate on May
28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
_____________________
Governor