By: Ramos H.B. No. 1475       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to continuing judicial training regarding family violence   victims.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 22.110(b), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  The court of criminal appeals shall adopt the rules   necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. The rules   must:                (1)  require each district judge, judge of a statutory   county court, associate judge appointed under Chapter 54A of this   code or Chapter 201, Family Code, master, referee, and magistrate   to complete [at least 12 hours of the training] within the judge's   first term of office or the judicial officer's first four years of   service and provide [a method for] certification of completion of   at least 12 hours of [that] training that includes:                      (A)  at [. At] least four hours [of the training   must be] dedicated to issues related to trafficking of persons and   child abuse and neglect that cover [and must cover] at least two of   the topics described in Subsections (d)(8)-(12); and                      (B)  at [. At] least six hours [of the training   must be] dedicated to the training described by Subsections (d)(5),   (6), and (7);          (2)  [. The rules must] require each judge and judicial   officer to complete [an additional five hours of training] during   each additional term in office or four years of service an   additional five hours of training that includes:                      (A)  at [. At] least two hours [of the additional   training must be] dedicated to issues related to trafficking of   persons and child abuse and neglect; and                      (B)  at least one hour dedicated to the dynamics   and effects of being a victim of family violence;                (3)  require each judge of a court having primary   responsibility for or giving preference to family law or family   violence matters to complete an additional two hours of training   every two years dedicated to the dynamics and effects of being a   victim of family violence; and                (4)  [. The rules must] exempt from the training   requirement of this subsection each judge or judicial officer who   files an affidavit stating that the judge or judicial officer does   not hear any cases involving family violence, sexual assault,   trafficking of persons, or child abuse and neglect.          SECTION 2.  (a)  Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas   Court of Criminal Appeals shall adopt the rules necessary to   provide the training required under Section 22.110, Government   Code, as amended by this Act.          (b)  Notwithstanding Section 22.110, Government Code, as   amended by this Act, a judge, master, referee, and magistrate who is   in office on the effective date of this Act must complete the   training required by Section 22.110, Government Code, as amended by   this Act, as applicable, not later than December 1, 2025.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.