Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2905
Authorizes reserve officers sponsored by a law enforcement unit to pay for training as police with cash and G.I. Bill education benefits.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: The Act lets a law enforcement unit sponsor a reserve officer to train as a police officer. The Act lets the officer pay with cash or G.I. Bill money. The Act tells DPSST to look at the effects of the Act and make a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.0). Authorizes reserve officers sponsored by a law enforcement unit to pay for training as police with cash and G.I. Bill education benefits. Requires the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to increase training class sizes by up to 25 percent as necessary to train sponsored reserve officers. Requires a reserve officer to remain with the law enforcement unit for at least three years after certification and allows the department to suspend or revoke certification if the reserve officer fails to comply. Requires the department to conduct a study of the impact of the measure on state and local public safety budgets and recruitment and maintenance of public safety and to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to public safety. Sunsets on January 2, 2032.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 13 to June 27, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Jun 27 · stopped165 days
Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days
JudiciaryJan 17 to Jun 27 · stopped161 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 13 – Jun 27
- Jan 13Introduced
- Jan 17Sent to Judiciary
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 13First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Jan 17Referred to Judiciary with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives