TX HB1837

Requires the Department of Public Safety to establish a dangerous controlled substance offenses enforcement training program for local peace officers, covering interdiction, investigation, and prosecution of Penalty Group 1 and 1-B drug offenses, including those involving cartels and transnational gangs along the Texas-Mexico border

Training must include best practices for safe handling of dangerous controlled substances and proper use of opioid antagonists (such as naloxone), with safety methods determined by the Health and Human Services Commission

Creates a lethal controlled substances poisoning prevention task force composed of 6 governor-appointed members from the Department of Public Safety, Health and Human Services Commission, and Texas Commission on Law Enforcement

Task force must compile border region drug crime data, develop best practices for investigation and prosecution, and study methods to incentivize increased manufacturing production of opioid antagonists for law enforcement use

Task force must submit a report with data and best practices within 6 months of appointment, and deliver findings on opioid antagonist manufacturing to the legislature by December 1, 2026, after which the task force expires January 1, 2027