This document includes House Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 12:02 PM by pflowers.
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SPECIAL NEEDS TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT

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AMENDMENTS

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2021 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Steve Eliason

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Senate Sponsor: Daniel W. Thatcher

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8     LONG TITLE
9     General Description:
10          This bill requires peace officer training to include training on autism spectrum disorder
11     and other mental illnesses.
12     Highlighted Provisions:
13          This bill:
14          ▸     requires that peace officers have training in intervention responses to autism
15     spectrum disorder and other mental illnesses.
16     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17          None
18     Other Special Clauses:
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20     Utah Code Sections Affected:
21     AMENDS:
22          53-6-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Fifth Special Session, Chapter 6
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24     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25          Section 1. Section 53-6-202 is amended to read:
26          53-6-202. Basic training course -- Completion required -- Annual training --
27     Prohibition from exercising powers -- Reinstatement.

28          (1) (a) The director shall:
29          (i) (A) suggest and prepare subject material; and
30          (B) schedule instructors for basic training courses; or
31          (ii) review the material and instructor choices submitted by a certified academy.
32          (b) The subject material, instructors, and schedules shall be approved or disapproved
33     by a majority vote of the council.
34          (2) The materials shall be reviewed and approved by the council on or before July 1st
35     of each year and may from time to time be changed or amended by majority vote of the council.
36          (3) The basic training in a certified academy:
37          (a) shall be appropriate for the basic training of peace officers in the techniques of law
38     enforcement in the discretion of the director; and
39          (b) may not include the use of chokeholds, carotid restraints, or any act that impedes
40     the breathing or circulation of blood likely to produce a loss of consciousness, as a valid
41     method of restraint.
42          (4) (a) All peace officers [must] shall satisfactorily complete the basic training course
43     or the waiver process provided for in this chapter as well as annual certified training of not less
44     than 40 hours as the director, with the advice and consent of the council, directs.
45          (b) A peace officer who fails to satisfactorily complete the annual training shall
46     automatically be prohibited from exercising peace officer powers until any deficiency is made
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48          (5) The director shall ensure that annual training covers intervention responses for
48a     Ĥ→ mental illnesses, ←Ĥ
49     autism spectrum disorder Ĥ→ , ←Ĥ and other Ĥ→ [
mental illnesses.] neurological and
49a     developmental disorders. ←Ĥ