By: Harless (Senate Sponsor - Parker) H.B. No. 3686          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2025;   May 7, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Economic   Development; May 25, 2025, reported favorably by the following   vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 25, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the information included on an identification card   issued to certain retired peace and law enforcement officers.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 614.124(b), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  The identification card must include:                (1)  the full name of the honorably retired peace   officer;                (2)  a photograph of the honorably retired peace   officer consistent with the honorably retired peace officer's   appearance;                (3)  the name of the law enforcement agency or other   governmental entity that issued the card to the honorably retired   peace officer;                (4)  if applicable, the signature of the person   authorizing the issuance of the card on behalf of the law   enforcement agency or other governmental entity to the honorably   retired peace officer;                (5)  a brief description of the honorably retired peace   officer, including the honorably retired peace officer's height,   weight, and eye color;                (6)  the thumbprint of the honorably retired peace   officer or a bar code with a unique identification label for the   honorably retired peace officer;                (7)  the date the honorably retired peace officer last   served as a peace officer for the law enforcement agency or other   governmental entity;                (8)  the date the law enforcement agency or other   governmental entity issued the card to the honorably retired peace   officer; [and]                (9)  a phone number operational 24 hours a day, seven   days a week that a person may call to verify the validity of the   identification card; and                (10)  the position or rank held by the honorably   retired peace officer at the time of the officer's retirement.          SECTION 2.  Section 614.1241(b), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  The identification card must include:                (1)  the full name of the qualified retired law   enforcement officer;                (2)  a photograph of the qualified retired law   enforcement officer consistent with the qualified retired law   enforcement officer's appearance;                (3)  the name of the law enforcement agency or other   governmental entity that issued the card to the qualified retired   law enforcement officer;                (4)  if applicable, the signature of the person   authorizing the issuance of the card on behalf of the law   enforcement agency or other governmental entity to the qualified   retired law enforcement officer;                (5)  a brief description of the qualified retired law   enforcement officer, including the qualified retired law   enforcement officer's height, weight, and eye color;                (6)  the thumbprint of the qualified retired law   enforcement officer or a bar code with a unique identification   label for the qualified retired law enforcement officer;                (7)  the date the qualified retired law enforcement   officer last served as a peace officer for the law enforcement   agency or other governmental entity;                (8)  the date the law enforcement agency or other   governmental entity issued the card to the qualified retired law   enforcement officer; [and]                (9)  a phone number operational 24 hours a day, seven   days a week, that a person may call to verify the validity of the   identification card; and                (10)  the position or rank held by the qualified   retired law enforcement officer at the time of the officer's   retirement.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *