AUSTIN, Texas — One year ago, longtime Houston resident George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer. At the time, Gov. Greg Abbott promised his death would not be in vain.

"I'm here to tell you today that I am committed to working with the family of George Floyd to ensure we never have anything like this ever occur in the state of Texas," he told reporters shortly after Floyd's death.  

But with days to go in the Texas legislative session, the George Floyd Act languishes and only a few standalone measures from it have advanced. Those include a bill requiring officers to render first aid and call for emergency services, another measure would ban police chokeholds and lawmakers want to require officers to intervene if another was using illegal force. 

"I think it's going to make a difference because there's not uniformity in policy around this state. There is no law that would require a police department to have a ban on chokeholds," Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, said in an interview on Capital Tonight. "This makes it uniform throughout the entire state of Texas. You can't use chokeholds. You have a duty to intervene. You have a duty to render aid. And, in addition, we'll pass a bill that requires training associated with these particular duties

But proposals not likely to pass this session include requiring more uniform disciplinary actions for officer misconduct, barring officers from arresting people for fine-only traffic offenses and removing police officers’ legal shield against lawsuits. 

"Elections have consequences. We have not been able to get the votes necessary to pass more meaningful reforms in this state," West said. "I know the issue regarding immunity would be a herculean issue. I wanted to, at least, make some progress on that regarding where the balance is between protecting police officers from frivolous complaints, but also holding those responsible when they are overzealous and use their power to frankly kill someone wrongly."

West promised the fight for police reform continues. 

"I think we have an opportunity to bring a broad group of persons together in order to make certain we have police reform, accountability, but a balance to make sure we're still protecting police officers," he said.  

Click the video link above to watch our full interview with Sen. West.