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
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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.