Bill Text: TX HB2144 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to peace officer instruction on veterans affected by trauma.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2144 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2144-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Turner of Dallas | H.B. No. 2144 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2144: | |||
| By: Lang | C.S.H.B. No. 2144 | ||
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| relating to peace officer instruction on veterans affected by | ||
| trauma. | ||
| 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 a training program | ||
| developed under Section 1701.265 on veterans with combat-related | ||
| trauma, post-traumatic stress, post-traumatic stress disorder, and | ||
| traumatic brain injuries. An officer may satisfy the training | ||
| program required by this subsection by completing the training | ||
| program developed under Section 1701.265(b) or (c). 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 1701.265, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The commission, in collaboration with the Texas | ||
| Veterans Commission, shall establish and maintain an alternative | ||
| training program of not more than eight hours that is based on and | ||
| similar to the training program established under Subsection (b). | ||
| SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2020, the Texas | ||
| Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt the rules necessary to | ||
| implement Section 1701.253(p), Occupations Code, as added by this | ||
| Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. (a) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Texas | ||
| Commission on Law Enforcement shall establish the training program | ||
| required by Section 1701.265(c), Occupations Code, as added by this | ||
| Act. | ||
| (b) The minimum curriculum requirements under Section | ||
| 1701.253(p), Occupations Code, as added by this Act, apply only to a | ||
| peace officer who first begins to satisfy those requirements on or | ||
| after January 1, 2020. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
