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  Section 1701.253(b-2), Occupations Code, is   repealed.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.