HB 1583 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the peace officer's notification of emergency detention form for persons evidencing mental illness and retention of that form.

HB 1583 requires Texas peace officers to file a standardized notification form when detaining someone for mental health reasons. The form must include specific details like the officer's belief that the person has mental illness, poses an imminent risk of serious harm, and evidence of recent behavior causing that risk. Facilities receiving the detained person must include this form in their clinical file. This bill directly affects peace officers, mental health facilities, and individuals experiencing mental health crises requiring emergency detention under Texas law.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 12, 2025 Last action May 1, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Engrossed · 4 edits · Apr 30, 2025

MODERATE

This bill updates the emergency detention notification form used by peace officers in Texas to align with WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards and modernize the form's structure. The changes include renumbering sections, updating language to improve clarity, adding checkboxes for restraint and observation questions, and including new fields for firearm/weapons information and call origin details. These updates aim to improve the form's usability and ensure better documentation of emergency mental health situations.

Scope change

The bill applies to emergency detentions that begin on or after September 1, 2025, and does not change the substantive legal requirements for peace officers but updates the documentation form they must use.

REQUIREMENT

Updated the emergency detention notification form to include accessibility compliance with WCAG 2.1 standards and modernized layout with checkboxes and clearer field labels.

Added new sections to the form asking about firearm/weapons possession and seizure, call origin location, and detailed observation history including psychiatric treatment and substance use.

Added new subsection (d-1) requiring mental health facilities to provide a copy of the completed form to the peace officer's law enforcement agency upon request.

TECHNICAL

Renumbered and restructured form sections, changed some language from 'reason to believe and do believe' to 'reason to believe and do believe' with clearer formatting, and updated the effective date to September 1, 2025.

Floor votes · House Apr 29, 2025

How they voted

144–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 145

Apr 29, 2025

D Democratic59

58 Yea 1

98% Yea

R Republican86

86 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 1, 2025

Committee

Referred to Criminal Justice

upper

May 1, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

upper

Apr 30, 2025

Introduced

Received from the House

upper

Apr 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Apr 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed to engrossment

lower

Apr 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report sent to Calendars

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Left pending in committee

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Committee

Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

lower

4 primary · 1 co-sponsor