HB 1441 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the model training curriculum for school district peace officers and school resource officers.

HB 1441 requires school district peace officers and school resource officers in Texas to complete training based on a revised model curriculum. The bill mandates specific learning objectives, including child development, de-escalation techniques, mental health crisis intervention, and trauma-informed strategies to support students' behavioral and emotional needs. The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement must update the model curriculum to include these requirements, effective immediately after the bill's passage. This change directly affects all school safety personnel in Texas who undergo state-mandated training.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 11, 2025 Last action May 12, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Engrossed · 3 edits · May 12, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted and expanded to include additional learning objectives for peace officer training. The most significant substantive change is the addition of new curriculum requirements addressing the effects of gang influence, drug use, mistreatment, neglect, grief, and trauma on student behavior, alongside existing requirements for mental health and trauma-informed strategies.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to include new curriculum requirements for peace officer training that address specific environmental factors affecting student behavior, including gang influence, drug use, mistreatment, and neglect.
REQUIREMENT

Added new curriculum requirement addressing the effects of gang influence, drug use, mistreatment, and neglect on student behavior.

Expanded existing mental health curriculum requirements to include specific mention of grief, trauma, and evidence-based, grief-informed, and trauma-informed strategies.

TECHNICAL

Bill header and formatting were updated from draft version to engrossed version with sponsor names and bill number corrections.

Floor votes · House May 12, 2025

How they voted

9943
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 145
May 12, 2025
D Democratic59
57 Yea 2 Nay
96% Yea
R Republican86
42 Yea 41 Nay 3
48% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
8
Committee
6
Amendments
2
May 12, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment as amended
lower
May 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Referred to Public Education
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
3 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors