Bill Text: TX HB3519 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to judicial training requirements regarding family violence.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-10 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB3519 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3519-Comm_Sub.html
88R17152 JTZ-F | |||
By: Hull, Leach | H.B. No. 3519 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3519: | |||
By: Slawson | C.S.H.B. No. 3519 |
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relating to judicial training requirements regarding family | ||
violence. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 22.110, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (b) and (d) and adding Subsection (d-2) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The court of criminal appeals shall adopt the rules | ||
necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. The rules | ||
must require: | ||
(1) each district judge, judge of a statutory county | ||
court, associate judge appointed under Chapter 54A of this code or | ||
Chapter 201, Family Code, master, referee, and magistrate [ |
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term of office or the judicial officer's first four years of service | ||
to complete and provide [ |
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of 12 hours of [ |
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(A) [ |
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abuse and neglect that cover [ |
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topics described in Subsections (d)(8)-(12); | ||
(B) [ |
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and (7); and | ||
(C) one hour dedicated to the training described | ||
by Subsection (d)(13); | ||
(2) [ |
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officer [ |
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each additional term in office or four years of service to complete | ||
and provide certification of completion of an additional five hours | ||
of training that include at least: | ||
(A) [ |
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Subsections (d)(11) and (12); and | ||
(B) one hour dedicated to the training described | ||
by Subsection (d)(13); and | ||
(3) each judge of a court with primary responsibility | ||
for family law or family violence matters to complete and provide | ||
certification of completion of an additional hour of training | ||
described by Subsection (d)(13) every two years [ |
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(d) The instruction must include information about: | ||
(1) statutory and case law relating to videotaping a | ||
child's testimony and relating to competency of children to | ||
testify; | ||
(2) methods for eliminating the trauma to the child | ||
caused by the court process; | ||
(3) case law, statutory law, and procedural rules | ||
relating to family violence, sexual assault, trafficking of | ||
persons, and child abuse and neglect; | ||
(4) methods for providing protection for victims of | ||
family violence, sexual assault, trafficking of persons, and child | ||
abuse and neglect; | ||
(5) available community and state resources for | ||
counseling and other aid to victims and to offenders; | ||
(6) gender bias in the judicial process; | ||
(7) dynamics and effects of being a victim of [ |
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and neglect; | ||
(8) dynamics of sexual abuse of children, including | ||
child abuse accommodation syndrome and grooming; | ||
(9) impact of substance abuse on an unborn child and on | ||
a person's ability to care for a child; | ||
(10) issues of attachment and bonding between children | ||
and caregivers; | ||
(11) issues of child development that pertain to | ||
trafficking of persons and child abuse and neglect; [ |
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(12) medical findings regarding physical abuse, | ||
sexual abuse, trafficking of persons, and child abuse and neglect; | ||
and | ||
(13) dynamics of family violence. | ||
(d-2) The training described by Subsection (d)(13) must be | ||
developed in consultation with a statewide family violence advocacy | ||
organization. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas | ||
Court of Criminal Appeals shall adopt the rules necessary to | ||
provide the training required under Section 22.110, Government | ||
Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Section 22.110, Government Code, as | ||
amended by this Act, a judge, master, referee, or magistrate who is | ||
in office on the effective date of this Act must complete the | ||
training required by Section 22.110, Government Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, as applicable, not later than December 1, 2025. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |