Bill Text: TX HB1443 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to county jailer training on interacting with veterans in the criminal justice system.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-10 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB1443 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1443-Engrossed.html
87R5923 JCG-D | ||
By: Lopez, Cason, et al. | H.B. No. 1443 |
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relating to county jailer training on interacting with veterans in | ||
the criminal justice system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1701.310, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: | ||
(g) The commission shall require a county jailer who has | ||
been licensed as a county jailer for more than one year to complete | ||
a one-time training program on interacting with veterans in the | ||
criminal justice system. A county jailer may complete the training | ||
program as an online course. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies to | ||
a county jailer licensed under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, | ||
regardless of whether the license was issued before, on, or after | ||
the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) A county jailer who, as of the effective date of this | ||
Act, has been licensed as a county jailer for more than one year | ||
shall complete the training program described by Section | ||
1701.310(g), Occupations Code, as added by this Act, not later than | ||
September 1, 2023. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |