Bill Text: TX SB696 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Relating to peace officer instruction on the trafficking of persons and compelling prostitution.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-07 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [SB696 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB696-Engrossed.html
 
 
  By: Huffman, Paxton S.B. No. 696
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to peace officer instruction on the trafficking of persons
  and compelling prostitution.
         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 [first
  licensed by the commission on or after January 1, 2011,] to complete
  [within a reasonable time after obtaining the license] a one-time
  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.  Section 1701.402(j), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (j)  As a requirement for issuance of an intermediate or
  advanced proficiency certificate [issued by the commission on or
  after January 1, 2011], an officer must complete the advanced
  [basic] education, instruction, and training program on the
  trafficking of persons and compelling prostitution described by
  Section 1701.258(b) [1701.258(a)].
         SECTION 4.  Section 1701.402(j), Occupations Code, as
  amended by this Act, applies only to an intermediate or advanced
  proficiency certificate issued by the Texas Commission on Law
  Enforcement on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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