Bill Text: TX SB533 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to training for peace officers on responding to and investigating child fatalities.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB533 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB533-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 533 | ||
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| relating to training for peace officers on responding to and | ||
| investigating child fatalities. | ||
| 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 a training program | ||
| on responding to and investigating child fatalities, including the | ||
| protocols for reporting and investigating child fatalities | ||
| developed under Subchapter F, Chapter 264, Family Code, the | ||
| differences between sudden unexpected infant death and sudden | ||
| infant death syndrome, and the relevant regulations applicable to | ||
| child-care facilities. 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. Not later than January 1, 2024, the Texas | ||
| Commission on Law Enforcement shall establish the training program | ||
| required by Section 1701.253(q), Occupations Code, as added by this | ||
| Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2024. A person who submits an application for a | ||
| peace officer license under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, before | ||
| January 1, 2024, 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 533 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 533 passed the House on | ||
| May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 5, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
