HB 101

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:  _____________________
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                   Governor