HLS 20RS-830 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 494
BY REPRESENTATIVE BUTLER
MTR VEHICLE/COMMERCIAL: Requires course material and testing on recognition,
prevention, and reporting of human trafficking as a part of the commercial motor
vehicle written knowledge test
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 32:402.2 and R.S. 40:1464, relative to a commercial driver license; to require
3 course materials and testing on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human
4 trafficking; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 32:402.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 §402.2. Driver education; commercial driver license; human trafficking
8 A. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services,
9 shall include course materials in its "Commercial Driver's License Manual" on the
10 recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.
11 B. The written knowledge test administered to an applicant for a Class "A",
12 "B", or "C" commercial driver's license shall include at least two questions relative
13 to the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.
14 Section 2. R.S. 40:1464 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
15 §1464. Driver training; commercial driver's license; human trafficking
16 A. Any trade school, community college, agency, public or private school,
17 or person offering instruction in the operation of commercial motor vehicles as part
18 of a commercial motor vehicle driving course curriculum shall include industry
19 specific training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.
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1 B. (1) The Board of Regents shall identify and establish industry specific
2 training materials for use in instruction on the recognition, prevention, and effective
3 reporting of human trafficking by persons as a requirement to obtain a Class "A",
4 "B", or "C" commercial driver's license. The board may collaborate with
5 organizations that specialize in and offer training materials on the recognition,
6 prevention, and reporting of human trafficking for commercial truckers. The board
7 shall review and update the training materials to take into account changes and trends
8 in human trafficking. The board shall provide the training materials to the
9 Department of Public Safety and Corrections for inclusion in its "Commercial
10 Driver's License Manual".
11 (2) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services,
12 shall include the training materials identified and established by the Board of
13 Regents in its "Commercial Driver's License Manual".
14 Section 3. R.S. 40:1464(B)(1) as enacted by this Act shall become effective on
15August 1, 2020. The remainder of this Act shall become effective on January 1, 2021.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 494 Original 2020 Regular Session Butler
Abstract: Requires course materials and testing on recognition, prevention, and reporting
of human trafficking as a part of the commercial motor vehicle written knowledge
test.
Proposed law requires the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to include course materials
in its "Commercial Driver's License Manual" on the recognition, prevention, and reporting
of human trafficking and to include in the written knowledge test administered to an
applicant for a Class "A", "B", or "C" commercial driver's license at least two questions
relative to the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.
Proposed law requires any trade school, community college, agency, public or private
school, or person offering instruction in the operation of a commercial motor vehicle as part
of a commercial motor vehicle driving course curriculum to include industry specific
training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.
Proposed law requires the Board of Regents to identify and establish industry specific
training materials for use in instruction on the recognition, prevention, and effective
reporting of human trafficking by persons as a requirement to obtain a Class "A", "B", or "C"
commercial driver license. Proposed law authorizes the board to collaborate with
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organizations that specialize in and offer training materials on the recognition, prevention,
and reporting of human trafficking for commercial truckers. Proposed law requires the
board to review and update the training materials to take into account changes and trends in
human trafficking.
Proposed law requires the board to provide the training materials to the Dept. of Public
Safety and Corrections for inclusion in its "Commercial Driver's License Manual".
Proposed law requires the Board of Regents to identify and establish training materials
effective Aug. 1, 2020 and specifies that the remainder of the Act shall be effective Jan. 1,
2021.
(Adds R.S. 32:402.2 and R.S. 40:1464)
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