Bill Text: TX HB292 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to inclusion of instruction on the trafficking of persons in the basic training curriculum for peace officers.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB292 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB292-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to inclusion of instruction on the trafficking of persons in the basic training curriculum for peace officers.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB292 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB292-Introduced.html
86R2157 JCG-F | ||
By: Thompson of Harris | H.B. No. 292 |
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relating to inclusion of instruction on the trafficking of persons | ||
in the basic training curriculum for peace officers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1701.253, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (p) to read as follows: | ||
(p) As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the | ||
commission shall require an officer to complete the basic education | ||
and training program on the trafficking of persons developed under | ||
Section 1701.258(a). An officer shall complete the program not | ||
later than the second anniversary of the date the officer is | ||
licensed under this chapter unless the officer completes the | ||
program as part of the officer's basic training course. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1701.258(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission by rule shall require an officer [ |
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basic education and training program on the trafficking of persons. | ||
The program must: | ||
(1) consist of at least four hours of training; and | ||
(2) include a review of the substance of Sections | ||
20A.02 and 43.05, Penal Code. | ||
SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2019, the Texas | ||
Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt the rules necessary to | ||
implement Section 1701.253(p), Occupations Code, as added by this | ||
Act, and Section 1701.258(a), Occupations Code, as amended by this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |