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SB 171 School resource officers and school security officers; training standards.
Introduced by: Mamie E. Locke | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
School resource officers and school security officers; training standards. Requires school resource officers and school security officers to receive training specific to the role and responsibility of a law-enforcement officer working with students in a school environment that includes training on (i) relevant state and federal laws; (ii) school and personal liability issues; (iii) security awareness in the school environment; (iv) mediation and conflict resolution, including de-escalation techniques such as physical alternatives to restraint; (v) disaster and emergency response; (vi) awareness of cultural diversity and implicit bias; (vii) working with students with disabilities, mental health needs, substance abuse disorders, or past traumatic experiences; and (viii) student behavioral dynamics, including current child and adolescent development and brain research. This bill is identical to HB 1419.
FULL TEXT
- 12/20/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103259D pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/20 Senate: Printed as engrossed 20103259D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB171ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0184) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/20/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103259D
- 12/20/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/08/20 Senate: Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
- 01/13/20 Senate: Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N)
- 01/13/20 Senate: Rereferred to Education and Health
- 01/20/20 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/30/20 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (12-Y 1-N)
- 01/31/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/20 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/03/20 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/03/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB171E
- 02/03/20 Senate: Printed as engrossed 20103259D-E
- 02/04/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/12/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/20 House: Read first time
- 02/12/20 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/17/20 House: Reported from Education (20-Y 1-N)
- 02/19/20 House: Read second time
- 02/20/20 House: Read third time
- 02/20/20 House: Passed House (94-Y 4-N)
- 02/20/20 House: VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N)
- 02/24/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/24/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB171ER)
- 02/24/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/28/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
- 02/28/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
- 03/06/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 184 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0184)