Bill Text: TX HB4527 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to training for peace officers on the laws pertaining to forced abortions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-26 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB4527 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4527-Comm_Sub.html
| 87R15844 JCG-D | |||
| By: King of Parker, Patterson, Slawson, | H.B. No. 4527 | ||
| Parker | |||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4527: | |||
| By: White | C.S.H.B. No. 4527 | ||
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| relating to training for peace officers on the laws pertaining to | ||
| forced abortions. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1701.253, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (q) to read as follows: | ||
| (q) As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the | ||
| commission shall require an officer to complete the education and | ||
| training program developed under Section 1701.269 on the laws | ||
| pertaining to forced abortions. An officer shall complete the | ||
| program not later than the last day of the first full continuing | ||
| education training period after the officer is licensed under this | ||
| chapter unless the officer completes the program as part of the | ||
| officer's basic training course. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1701.269 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1701.269. TRAINING ON LAWS PERTAINING TO FORCED | ||
| ABORTIONS. (a) The commission shall develop a one-hour education | ||
| and training program on the laws pertaining to forced abortions. | ||
| (b) The training must include instruction related to the | ||
| circumstances under which forced abortions commonly occur and the | ||
| rights of pregnant women, including minors. | ||
| (c) The commission shall regularly review the content of the | ||
| training program under this section and update the program as | ||
| necessary. | ||
| SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2022, the Texas | ||
| Commission on Law Enforcement shall establish the education and | ||
| training program required by Section 1701.269, Occupations Code, as | ||
| added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 1701.253(q), Occupations Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, applies only to a person who submits an application for | ||
| a peace officer license under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, on or | ||
| after January 1, 2022. A person who submits an application for a | ||
| peace officer license under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, before | ||
| January 1, 2022, is governed by the law in effect immediately before | ||
| the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in | ||
| effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
