S.B. No. 128         AN ACT   relating to the inclusion of education and training regarding human   trafficking in the curriculum of commercial driver's license   training programs offered by public junior colleges and career   schools and colleges and to certain requirements for commercial   driver's licenses.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 130.0105 to read as follows:          Sec. 130.0105.  COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TRAINING   PROGRAM; CERTAIN CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  The Texas Higher   Education Coordinating Board by rule shall require each public   junior college offering a commercial driver's license training   program to include as a part of that program education and training   on the recognition and prevention of human trafficking.          (b)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in   collaboration with the office of the attorney general, shall   establish the content of the education and training required by   this section.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 132, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 132.006 to read as follows:          Sec. 132.006.  COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TRAINING   PROGRAM; CERTAIN CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  The commission by   rule shall require each career school or college offering a   commercial driver's license training program to include as a part   of that program education and training on the recognition and   prevention of human trafficking.          (b)  The commission, in collaboration with the office of the   attorney general, shall establish the content of the education and   training required by this section.          SECTION 3.  Subchapter C, Chapter 522, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 522.035 to read as follows:          Sec. 522.035.  RECOGNITION AND PREVENTION OF HUMAN   TRAFFICKING. The department shall provide informational materials   regarding the recognition and prevention of human trafficking for   distribution to commercial driver's license applicants. The   department may coordinate with organizations that specialize in the   recognition and prevention of human trafficking to provide   informational materials as required by this subsection.           SECTION 4.  (a)  Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas   Higher Education Coordinating Board shall adopt rules necessary to   implement Section 130.0105, Education Code, as added by this Act.          (b)  Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas Workforce   Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section   132.006, Education Code, as added by this Act.          (c)  Not later than December 1, 2017, the Department of   Public Safety shall provide informational materials as required by   Section 522.035, Transportation Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 128 passed the Senate on March   30, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 128 passed the House on May 4,   2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 2, two present not   voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor