A state representative filed a bill Thursday that aims to change policing and jail standards across the state to prevent instances like the death of Sandra Bland in 2015.

Bland, 28, was found dead in a Waller County Jail cell days after she was arrested for a minor traffic infraction that led to a violent interaction with a Department of Public Safety trooper. Her death became a symbol of the tense relationship between police and communities of color.

"The Sandra Bland Act aims to improve and correct Texas' criminal justice system to make it better for all people and prevent future tragedies like Sandra Bland's," Rep. Garnet Coleman, a Democrat from Houston, said after filing the bill Thursday.

The 55-page bill includes provisions aimed at stopping racial profiling, increasing reporting of use-of-force incidents in jails and implementing policies to train law enforcement officers on de-escalation tactics. The bill also aims to beef up training for officers and jailers on how to deal with people who may be mentally impaired.

Coleman said Thursday he was still looking for a sponsor for the bill in the Senate.

The bill requires jails to have medical personnel and access to mental health professionals around the clock. Those resources could be available in person or through telecommunication, and the bill calls for a grant program to help smaller counties afford the changes required by the bill.

It also calls for outlawing consent searches and what Coleman called "pretext stops," in which officers stop a person on a traffic infraction to investigate a possible violation of another law.

Charley Wilkison, executive director of the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, said his group would oppose an attempt to prohibit officers from asking questions of a person who has been stopped that may lead to the discovery of more crimes.

He said follow-up questions and searches often lead to discoveries of human trafficking and drug busts and also help track down perpetrators of crime who act suspiciously when approached by law enforcement officers.

But Wilkison said he would support the parts of the bill calling for more resources to train officers or jailers on handling people with mental health issues, particularly grant programs that would help smaller counties meet those requirements.

"Those are positive things that we would be naturally in support of," he said. "The things we're wary of is some sort of blanket punitive measure that is intended to prohibit an officer's ability to ask questions to do their jobs and stop crime."