| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to training materials for certain transportation network |
|
|
company drivers regarding human trafficking awareness and |
|
|
prevention. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2402, Occupations Code, is |
|
|
amended by adding Section 2402.1075 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 2402.1075. HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION |
|
|
TRAINING MATERIALS REQUIRED. (a) A transportation network company |
|
|
shall annually provide to each driver who is authorized to log in to |
|
|
the company's digital network human trafficking awareness and |
|
|
prevention training materials. The training materials must: |
|
|
(1) be provided in a digital video format or |
|
|
Internet-based video format; |
|
|
(2) be not less than 15 minutes in duration; |
|
|
(3) be approved by the attorney general; |
|
|
(4) be provided in English and Spanish; |
|
|
(5) be provided to a new driver before the driver is |
|
|
authorized to provide prearranged rides using the company's digital |
|
|
network; and |
|
|
(6) include: |
|
|
(A) an overview of human trafficking, including a |
|
|
description of: |
|
|
(i) the experience of human trafficking |
|
|
victims; |
|
|
(ii) how and why human trafficking takes |
|
|
place in the transportation industry; and |
|
|
(iii) how human trafficking is defined |
|
|
under state and federal law; |
|
|
(B) guidance on how to identify individuals who |
|
|
are most at risk for human trafficking; |
|
|
(C) information on the difference between labor |
|
|
and sex trafficking as that relates to identification of human |
|
|
trafficking in the transportation industry; |
|
|
(D) guidance on the role of a driver in reporting |
|
|
and responding to human trafficking; and |
|
|
(E) the contact information of appropriate |
|
|
entities for reporting human trafficking, including: |
|
|
(i) the National Human Trafficking Hotline |
|
|
toll-free telephone number and text line; |
|
|
(ii) appropriate law enforcement agencies; |
|
|
and |
|
|
(iii) a telephone number designated by the |
|
|
attorney general for reporting suspected human trafficking. |
|
|
(b) A transportation network company shall maintain records |
|
|
necessary to establish that the company has provided the training |
|
|
materials required by this section. |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |