Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 296 (2022GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Kwan, K.

Final action

House/ filed 3/4/2022

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• defines terms;
• requires a peace officer's annual training to include training on identifying, responding to, and reporting a criminal offense that is motivated by certain personal attributes or a violation of federal criminal law concerning hate crimes; and
• makes technical and conforming changes.

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Bill text

PEACE OFFICER TRAINING AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Karen Kwan
Senate Sponsor:
 Kirk A. Cullimore
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill requires a portion of a peace officer's annual training to include certain
subjects involving victim targeting.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ defines terms;
▸ requires a peace officer's annual training to include training on identifying,
responding to, and reporting a criminal offense that is motivated by certain personal
attributes or a violation of federal criminal law concerning hate crimes; and
▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
53-6-202
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, First Special Session, Chapter 1
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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.
(4) (a) All peace officers shall satisfactorily complete the basic training course or the
waiver process provided for in this chapter [
as well as
] 
and an
 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 shall
automatically be prohibited from exercising peace officer powers until any deficiency is made
up.
(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) 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, 2022, the director shall ensure that annual training covers
instruction on identifying, responding to, and reporting a criminal offense that is:
(a) motivated by a personal attribute, as that term is defined in Section 
76-3-203.14
,
victim targeting penalty enhancement; or
(b) in violation of a federal criminal law concerning hate crimes.