| 4 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 7 | | relating to peace officer training on recognizing and recording |
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| 6 | 8 | | circumstances that indicate strangulation in certain cases. |
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| 7 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 1701.253(d), Occupations Code, is |
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| 9 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 12 | | (d) Training in documentation of cases required by |
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| 11 | 13 | | Subsection (b) shall include instruction in: |
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| 12 | 14 | | (1) making a written account of the extent of injuries |
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| 13 | 15 | | sustained by the victim of an alleged offense; |
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| 14 | 16 | | (2) recording by photograph or videotape the area in |
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| 15 | 17 | | which an alleged offense occurred and the victim's injuries; [and] |
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| 16 | 18 | | (3) recognizing and recording a victim's statement |
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| 17 | 19 | | that may be admissible as evidence in a proceeding concerning the |
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| 18 | 20 | | matter about which the statement was made; and |
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| 19 | 21 | | (4) recognizing and recording circumstances |
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| 20 | 22 | | indicating that a victim may have been assaulted in the manner |
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| 21 | 23 | | described by Section 22.01(b)(2)(B), Penal Code. |
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| 22 | 24 | | SECTION 2. Section 1701.352(f), Occupations Code, is |
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| 23 | 25 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 24 | 26 | | (f) Training in documentation of cases required by |
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| 25 | 27 | | Subsection (b) shall include instruction in: |
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| 26 | 28 | | (1) making a written account of the extent of injuries |
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| 27 | 29 | | sustained by the victim of an alleged offense; |
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| 28 | 30 | | (2) recording by photograph or videotape the area in |
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| 29 | 31 | | which an alleged offense occurred and the victim's injuries; [and] |
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| 30 | 32 | | (3) recognizing and recording a victim's statement |
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| 31 | 33 | | that may be admissible as evidence in a proceeding concerning the |
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| 32 | 34 | | matter about which the statement was made; and |
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| 33 | 35 | | (4) recognizing and recording circumstances |
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| 34 | 36 | | indicating that a victim may have been assaulted in the manner |
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| 35 | 37 | | described by Section 22.01(b)(2)(B), Penal Code. |
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| 36 | 38 | | SECTION 3. (a) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Texas |
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| 37 | 39 | | Commission on Law Enforcement shall establish or modify training |
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| 38 | 40 | | programs as necessary to comply with Section 1701.253, Occupations |
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| 39 | 41 | | Code, as amended by this Act. |
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| 40 | 42 | | (b) The minimum curriculum requirements under Section |
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| 41 | 43 | | 1701.253(d), Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, apply only |
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| 42 | 44 | | to a peace officer who first begins to satisfy those requirements on |
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| 43 | 45 | | or after January 1, 2020. |
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| 44 | 46 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 45 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 46 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 47 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 971 passed the Senate on |
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| 48 | | - | April 4, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 49 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 51 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 971 passed the House on |
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| 52 | | - | May 3, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, two present |
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| 53 | | - | not voting. |
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| 54 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 55 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 56 | | - | Approved: |
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| 57 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 58 | | - | Date |
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| 59 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 60 | | - | Governor |
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