86R11194 TSR-D
By: Hernandez H.B. No. 467
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to sexual assault and domestic violence awareness
continuing education for cosmetology license holders.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1602.354(c), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The commission shall require continuing education
programs under this chapter to include information on:
(1) activities commonly associated with human
trafficking;
(2) recognition of potential victims of human
trafficking; [and]
(3) methods for assisting victims of human
trafficking, including how to report human trafficking; and
(4) sexual assault and domestic violence awareness.
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than March 1, 2020, the Texas
Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules to
implement Section 1602.354(c), Occupations Code, as amended by this
Act.
(b) Section 1602.354(c), Occupations Code, as amended by
this Act, and the rules adopted under Subsection (a) of this section
apply only to a continuing education program provided on or after
September 1, 2020. A continuing education program provided before
that date 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.