An exemption from private detective and private security license and permit requirements

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Current law generally prohibits a person or other entity from acting as a private detective, investigator, special investigator, or private security person, acting as a supplier of private security personnel, or performing any other type of service or investigation as a private detective or private security person without a license granted by the Department of Safety and Professional Services. However, an employee of an agency that supplies uniformed private security personnel to patrol exclusively on certain specified premises is not required to hold such a license if the employing agency is so licensed and the employee obtains a private security permit granted by DSPS.

This bill exempts from these licensure and permit requirements a person serving as a volunteer for a church safety or security team while the person is acting within the scope of his or her duties as a volunteer and is on the premises of the church. However, the exemption extends only to the premises of a church’s place of worship and does not extend to the premises of a school or other entity or organization operated by or under the control of the church.

Who's behind it

6 representatives are its authors⁠. 5 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

3 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.