87R17187 JCG-D
By: Bowers H.B. No. 1262
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1262:
By: White C.S.H.B. No. 1262
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to training for certain peace officers regarding
trauma-informed techniques to facilitate interactions with
homeless individuals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1701.352, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j) A peace officer who is employed by the law enforcement
agency of a political subdivision with a homeless population of 25
or more, as determined by the commission, must complete as part of
the course provided for the officer under Subsection (b) a one-time
training program established by the commission on trauma-informed
techniques to facilitate interactions with homeless youth and
adults and on the resources available to those individuals. The
training program must be completed not later than the second
anniversary of the date the officer was hired. The commission shall
determine and notify, for each 48-month training cycle described by
Subsection (b), each law enforcement agency to which this
subsection applies.
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2022, the Texas
Commission on Law Enforcement shall:
(1) establish the training program required by Section
1701.352(j), Occupations Code, as added by this Act; and
(2) determine and notify the law enforcement agencies
to which Section 1701.352(j), Occupations Code, as added by this
Act, applies.
SECTION 3. Notwithstanding Section 1701.352(j),
Occupations Code, as added by this Act, a peace officer who on
January 1, 2022, is employed by a law enforcement agency to which
that section applies must complete the training required by that
section not later than January 1, 2024.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.