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SB 135 Human trafficking training; DCJS to establish for law-enforcement, etc.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Department of Criminal Justice Services; teacher licensure; human trafficking training. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish compulsory training standards for law-enforcement personnel involved in criminal investigations or assigned to vehicle or street patrol duties to ensure that law-enforcement personnel are sensitive to and aware of human trafficking offenses and identification of human trafficking offenses. The bill also requires every person seeking initial licensure as a teacher and every person seeking renewal of a license who has not completed such training to complete training in human trafficking recognition, intervention, and prevention in accordance with curriculum guidelines developed by the Board of Education and the Department of Social Services.
FULL TEXT
- 12/29/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101808D pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105063D-S1 pdf
- 02/11/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed to Web only 16105492D-S2 pdf
HISTORY
- 12/29/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101808D
- 12/29/15 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/27/16 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/16 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/03/16 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105063D-S1
- 02/03/16 Senate: Rereferred to Education and Health
- 02/11/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed to Web only 16105492D-S2
- 02/11/16 Senate: Continued to 2017 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)