Tex. CIV. PRAC. & REM Code § 112.001. CERTAIN ACTIONS OF FIRST RESPONDERS, TACTICAL MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, AND VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL.
(a) In this section:
(1) "First responder" and "volunteer emergency services personnel" have the meanings assigned by Section 46.01 , Penal Code.
(2) "Governmental unit" has the meaning assigned by Section 101.001 .
(3) "Tactical medical professional" has the meaning assigned by Section 411.1884 , Government Code.
(b) A governmental unit is not liable in a civil action arising from the discharge of a handgun by an individual who is a first responder, tactical medical professional, or volunteer emergency services personnel and licensed to carry the handgun under Subchapter H , Chapter 411 , Government Code.
(c) The discharge of a handgun by an individual who is a first responder, tactical medical professional, or volunteer emergency services personnel and licensed to carry the handgun under Subchapter H , Chapter 411 , Government Code, is outside the course and scope of the individual's duties as a first responder, tactical medical professional, or volunteer emergency services personnel, as applicable.
(d) This section may not be construed to waive the immunity from suit or liability of a governmental unit under Chapter 101 or any other law.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1143 (H.B. 435 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.