Section 1, Section 53-6-202 is amended to read: 53-6-202. Basic training course -- Completion required -- Annual training -- Prohibition from exercising powers -- Reinstatement. (1) (a)The director shall: (i) (A)suggest and prepare subject material; and (B)schedule instructors for basic training courses; or (ii)review the material and instructor choices submitted by a certified academy. (b)The subject material, instructors, and schedules shall be approved or disapproved by a majority vote of the council. (2)The materials shall be reviewed and approved by the council on or before July 1st of each year and may from time to time be changed or amended by majority vote of the council. (3)The basic training in a certified academy: (a)shall be appropriate for the basic training of peace officers in the techniques of law enforcement in the discretion of the director; and (b)may not include the use of chokeholds, carotid restraints, or any act that impedes the breathing or circulation of blood likely to produce a loss of consciousness, as a valid method of restraint . ; and (c) shall include instruction on identifying, responding to, and reporting a criminal offense that is motivated by a personal attribute as that term is defined in Section 76-3-203.14 . (4) (a)All peace officers shall satisfactorily complete the basic training course or the waiver process provided for in this chapter as well as annual certified training of not less than 40 hours as the director, with the advice and consent of the council, directs. (b)A peace officer who fails to satisfactorily complete the annual training described in Subsection (4)(a) shall automatically be prohibited from exercising peace officer powers until any deficiency is made up. (c) The annual training described in Subsection (4)(a) shall include training focused on arrest control and de-escalation training. (c) (i) Beginning July 1, 2021, the annual training shall include no less than 16 hours of training focused on mental health and other crisis intervention responses, arrest control, and de-escalation training. (ii) Standards for the training shall be determined by each law enforcement agency or department and approved by the director or designee. (iii) Each law enforcement agency or department shall include a breakdown of the 16 hours within the annual audit submitted to the division. (5) (a) Beginning July 1, 2024, all peace officers who are currently employed shall participate in a training at least every three years focused on the following: (i) mental health and other crisis intervention responses; (ii) intervention responses for mental illnesses, autism spectrum disorder, and other neurological and developmental disorders; and (iii) responses to sexual traumas and investigations of sexual assault and sexual abuse in accordance with Section 53-10-908. (b) Any training in which a peace officer participates as described in Subsection (5)(a) shall count toward the peace officer's 40-hour required annual training described in Subsection (4)(a) for the year in which the peace officer participated in the training. (6) (a) The director or the director's designee, in coordination with the council, shall promulgate the standards for the trainings described in Subsection (4). (b) The chief law enforcement officer or executive officer of the peace officer's employing agency shall determine if a peace officer has complied with the standards established under Subsection (6)(a). (5) Beginning July 1, 2021, the director shall ensure that annual training covers intervention responses for mental illnesses, autism spectrum disorder, and other neurological and developmental disorders. (6) Beginning July 1, 2023, the director shall ensure that annual training covers at least one hour of training on responses to sexual traumas and investigations of sexual assault and sexual abuse in accordance with Section 53-10-908. (7) Beginning July 1, 2023, the director shall, subject to approval by a majority vote of the council, ensure that the basic training curriculum covers instruction on identifying, responding to, and reporting a criminal offense that is motivated by a personal attribute, as that term is defined in Section 76-3-203.14, victim targeting penalty enhancement.