89R5583 JTZ-D
By: Alvarado S.B. No. 866
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to judicial training requirements regarding family
violence, sexual assault, trafficking, and child abuse.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22.110, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) The rules adopted under Subsection (b) must exempt
from the training requirements of this section each judge or
judicial officer, including an associate judge, who files an
affidavit stating the judge or judicial officer does not hear cases
involving family violence, sexual assault, trafficking of persons,
or child abuse and neglect.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals shall adopt the
rules necessary to implement Section 22.110(b-1), Government Code,
as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.