S.B. No. 128
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the inclusion of education and training regarding human
  trafficking in the curriculum of commercial driver's license
  training programs offered by public junior colleges and career
  schools and colleges and to certain requirements for commercial
  driver's licenses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 130.0105 to read as follows:
         Sec. 130.0105.  COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TRAINING
  PROGRAM; CERTAIN CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  The Texas Higher
  Education Coordinating Board by rule shall require each public
  junior college offering a commercial driver's license training
  program to include as a part of that program education and training
  on the recognition and prevention of human trafficking.
         (b)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in
  collaboration with the office of the attorney general, shall
  establish the content of the education and training required by
  this section.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 132, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 132.006 to read as follows:
         Sec. 132.006.  COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TRAINING
  PROGRAM; CERTAIN CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  The commission by
  rule shall require each career school or college offering a
  commercial driver's license training program to include as a part
  of that program education and training on the recognition and
  prevention of human trafficking.
         (b)  The commission, in collaboration with the office of the
  attorney general, shall establish the content of the education and
  training required by this section.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter C, Chapter 522, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 522.035 to read as follows:
         Sec. 522.035.  RECOGNITION AND PREVENTION OF HUMAN
  TRAFFICKING. The department shall provide informational materials
  regarding the recognition and prevention of human trafficking for
  distribution to commercial driver's license applicants. The
  department may coordinate with organizations that specialize in the
  recognition and prevention of human trafficking to provide
  informational materials as required by this subsection. 
         SECTION 4.  (a)  Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas
  Higher Education Coordinating Board shall adopt rules necessary to
  implement Section 130.0105, Education Code, as added by this Act.
         (b)  Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas Workforce
  Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section
  132.006, Education Code, as added by this Act.
         (c)  Not later than December 1, 2017, the Department of
  Public Safety shall provide informational materials as required by
  Section 522.035, Transportation Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 128 passed the Senate on March
  30, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 128 passed the House on May 4,
  2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 2, two present not
  voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor