88R5399 SCP-F
 
  By: Howard H.B. No. 2650
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the continuation and duties of the Sexual Assault
  Survivors' Task Force and establishment of a mandatory training
  program for peace officers on responding to reports of child sexual
  abuse and adult sexual assault.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 772.0064(m), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (m)  Chapter 2110 does not apply to the composition or
  duration of the task force or to the designation of the task force's
  presiding officer [This section expires September 1, 2023].
         SECTION 2.  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 basic education
  and training program developed under Section 1701.272. 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 3.  Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1701.272 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1701.272.  TRAINING PROGRAM ON RESPONDING TO SEXUAL
  ABUSE OR ASSAULT. (a)  The commission shall, in consultation with
  the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force established under Section
  772.0064, Government Code, establish a basic education and training
  program on child sexual abuse and adult sexual assault, including
  the use of best practices and trauma-informed response techniques
  to effectively recognize, investigate, and document those cases.  
  The training program must consist of at least eight hours of
  instruction.
         (b)  The commission by rule shall require an officer to
  complete the training program unless the officer has completed the
  training under Section 1701.253(q) or other training equivalent to
  the training program as determined by the commission. 
         SECTION 4.  Section 1701.253(b-2), Occupations Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 5.  Not later than January 1, 2024, the Texas
  Commission on Law Enforcement shall establish the training program
  required by Section 1701.272, Occupations Code, as added by this
  Act.
         SECTION 6.  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 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.