H.B. No. 2313
AN ACT
relating to training materials for certain transportation network
company drivers regarding human trafficking awareness and
prevention.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2402, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 2402.1075 to read as follows:
Sec. 2402.1075. HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION
TRAINING MATERIALS REQUIRED. (a) A transportation network company
shall annually provide to each driver who is authorized to log in to
the company's digital network human trafficking awareness and
prevention training materials. The training materials must:
(1) be provided in a digital video format or
Internet-based video format;
(2) be not less than 15 minutes in duration;
(3) be approved by the attorney general;
(4) be provided in English and Spanish;
(5) be provided to a new driver before the driver is
authorized to provide prearranged rides using the company's digital
network; and
(6) include:
(A) an overview of human trafficking, including a
description of:
(i) the experience of human trafficking
victims;
(ii) how and why human trafficking takes
place in the transportation industry; and
(iii) how human trafficking is defined
under state and federal law;
(B) guidance on how to identify individuals who
are most at risk for human trafficking;
(C) information on the difference between labor
and sex trafficking as that relates to identification of human
trafficking in the transportation industry;
(D) guidance on the role of a driver in reporting
and responding to human trafficking; and
(E) the contact information of appropriate
entities for reporting human trafficking, including:
(i) the National Human Trafficking Hotline
toll-free telephone number and text line;
(ii) appropriate law enforcement agencies;
and
(iii) a telephone number designated by the
attorney general for reporting suspected human trafficking.
(b) A transportation network company shall maintain records
necessary to establish that the company has provided the training
materials required by this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2313 was passed by the House on May 9,
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 97, Nays 40, 2 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2313 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor