Bill Text: TX HB3519 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to judicial training requirements regarding family violence.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-10 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB3519 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3519-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to judicial training requirements regarding family violence.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-10 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB3519 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3519-Introduced.html
By: Hull | H.B. No. 3519 |
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relating to judicial training requirements regarding family | ||
violence. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 22.110(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) The court of criminal appeals shall adopt the rules | ||
necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. The rules | ||
must: | ||
(1) require each district judge, judge of a statutory | ||
county court, associate judge appointed under Chapter 54A of this | ||
code or Chapter 201, Family Code, master, referee, and magistrate | ||
to complete [ |
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first term of office or the judicial officer's first four years of | ||
service and provide [ |
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at least 12 hours of [ |
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(A) at[ |
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child abuse and neglect that cover [ |
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the topics described in Subsections (d)(8)-(12), | ||
(B) at[ |
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(6), and (7); and | ||
(C) at least one hour dedicated to the training | ||
described by Subsection (d) (13). | ||
(2) [ |
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officer to complete [ |
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each additional term in office or four years of service an | ||
additional five hours of training that includes:; and | ||
(A) at[ |
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Subsections (d) (11) and (12); and | ||
(B) at least one hour dedicated to the training | ||
described by Subsection (d) (13). | ||
(3) require each judge of a court having primary | ||
responsibility for or giving preference to family law or family | ||
violence matters to complete an additional hour of training | ||
described by Subsection (d) (13) every two years. | ||
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(c) In adopting the rules, the court of criminal appeals may | ||
consult with the supreme court and with professional groups and | ||
associations in the state that have expertise in the subject matter | ||
to obtain the recommendations of those groups or associations for | ||
instruction content. | ||
(d) The instruction must include information about: | ||
(1) statutory and case law relating to videotaping a | ||
child's testimony and relating to competency of children to | ||
testify; | ||
(2) methods for eliminating the trauma to the child | ||
caused by the court process; | ||
(3) case law, statutory law, and procedural rules | ||
relating to family violence, sexual assault, trafficking of | ||
persons, and child abuse and neglect; | ||
(4) methods for providing protection for victims of | ||
family violence, sexual assault, trafficking of persons, and child | ||
abuse and neglect; | ||
(5) available community and state resources for | ||
counseling and other aid to victims and to offenders; | ||
(6) gender bias in the judicial process; | ||
(7) dynamics and effects of being a victim of |
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and neglect; | ||
(8) dynamics of sexual abuse of children, including | ||
child abuse accommodation syndrome and grooming; | ||
(9) impact of substance abuse on an unborn child and on | ||
a person's ability to care for a child; | ||
(10) issues of attachment and bonding between children | ||
and caregivers; | ||
(11) issues of child development that pertain to | ||
trafficking of persons and child abuse and neglect, |
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(12) medical findings regarding physical abuse, | ||
sexual abuse, trafficking of persons, and child abuse and neglect. | ||
(13) dynamics of family violence. | ||
(d-1) The sponsoring organization for any training on | ||
issues related to child abuse and neglect must have at least three | ||
years' experience in training professionals on child abuse and | ||
neglect issues or have personnel or planning committee members who | ||
have at least five years' experience in working directly in the | ||
field of child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment. | ||
(d-2) The sponsoring organization for any training | ||
described by Subsection (d) (13) must develop the training in | ||
consultation with a statewide family violence advocacy | ||
organization | ||
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas | ||
Court of Criminal Appeals shall adopt the rules necessary to | ||
provide the training required under Section 22.110, Government | ||
Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Section 22.110, Government Code, as | ||
amended by this Act, a judge, master, referee, or magistrate who is | ||
in office on the effective date of this Act must complete the | ||
training required by Section 22.110, Government Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, as applicable, not later than December 1, 2025. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |