Bill Text: TX SB533 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to training for peace officers on responding to and investigating child fatalities.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB533 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB533-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 533 |
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relating to training for peace officers on responding to and | ||
investigating child fatalities. | ||
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 a training program | ||
on responding to and investigating child fatalities, including the | ||
protocols for reporting and investigating child fatalities | ||
developed under Subchapter F, Chapter 264, Family Code, the | ||
differences between sudden unexpected infant death and sudden | ||
infant death syndrome, and the relevant regulations applicable to | ||
child-care facilities. An officer shall complete the program not | ||
later than the second anniversary of the date the officer is | ||
licensed under this chapter unless the officer completes the | ||
program as part of the officer's basic training course. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2024, the Texas | ||
Commission on Law Enforcement shall establish the training program | ||
required by Section 1701.253(q), Occupations Code, as added by this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2024. A person who submits an application for a | ||
peace officer license under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, before | ||
January 1, 2024, 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 533 passed the Senate on | ||
April 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 533 passed the House on | ||
May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 5, one | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |