Relating to creating the Texas State Guard Professionalization Task Force, the official 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.

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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.

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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.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

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Governor