Bill Text: TX HB1090 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the definition of first responder.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB1090 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1090-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1090 |
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relating to the definition of first responder. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 421.095(1), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(1) "First responder" means a public safety employee | ||
or volunteer whose duties include responding rapidly to an | ||
emergency. The term includes: | ||
(A) a peace officer whose duties include | ||
responding rapidly to an emergency; | ||
(B) fire protection personnel under Section | ||
419.021; | ||
(C) a volunteer firefighter who is: | ||
(i) certified by the Texas Commission on | ||
Fire Protection or by the State Firemen's and Fire Marshalls' | ||
Association of Texas; or | ||
(ii) a member of an organized volunteer | ||
fire-fighting unit as described by Section 615.003; [ |
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(D) an individual certified as emergency medical | ||
services personnel by the Department of State Health Services; | ||
(E) an emergency response operator or emergency | ||
services dispatcher who provides communication support services | ||
for an agency by responding to requests for assistance in | ||
emergencies; and | ||
(F) other emergency response personnel employed | ||
by an agency. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1090 was passed by the House on May | ||
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 8, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1090 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |