87R15844 JCG-D
By: King of Parker, Patterson, Slawson, H.B. No. 4527
Parker
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4527:
By: White C.S.H.B. No. 4527
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to training for peace officers on the laws pertaining to
forced abortions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. 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 education and
training program developed under Section 1701.269 on the laws
pertaining to forced abortions. An officer shall complete the
program not later than the last day of the first full continuing
education training period after the officer is licensed under this
chapter unless the officer completes the program as part of the
officer's basic training course.
SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1701.269 to read as follows:
Sec. 1701.269. TRAINING ON LAWS PERTAINING TO FORCED
ABORTIONS. (a) The commission shall develop a one-hour education
and training program on the laws pertaining to forced abortions.
(b) The training must include instruction related to the
circumstances under which forced abortions commonly occur and the
rights of pregnant women, including minors.
(c) The commission shall regularly review the content of the
training program under this section and update the program as
necessary.
SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2022, the Texas
Commission on Law Enforcement shall establish the education and
training program required by Section 1701.269, Occupations Code, as
added by this Act.
SECTION 4. 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, 2022. A person who submits an application for a
peace officer license under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, before
January 1, 2022, 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.