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CS/HB 333: Minimum Officer Qualifications

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Burgess ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Ahern ; Brown ; Byrd ; Donalds ; Fine ; Gruters ; Hahnfeldt ; Harrell ; Killebrew ; Metz ; Olszewski ; Payne ; Peters ; Pigman ; Ponder ; Raschein ; Willhite

Minimum Officer Qualifications; Defining the term "special operations forces"; exempting certain applicants from completing a basic recruit training program approved by the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission under specified conditions; requiring an employing agency, training center, or criminal justice selection center to verify and document that certain applicants have served in the special operations forces for a minimum period and completed certain training if they seek an exemption from the commission-approved basic recruit training program, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2018
Last Action: 3/22/2018 - Chapter No. 2018-46
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/13/2017 House • Filed
10/26/2017 House • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 32
1/9/2018 House • Introduced -HJ 32
1/22/2018 House • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/24/18, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
1/24/2018 House • CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -HJ 432
1/25/2018 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 427
1/26/2018 House • Original reference(s) removed: Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• CS referred to Judiciary Committee -HJ 439
• Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 439
1/30/2018 House • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/01/18, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
2/1/2018 House • Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -HJ 481
• Placed on Calendar -HJ 481
2/8/2018 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/18
2/14/2018 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 577
• Read 3rd time -HJ 577
• Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading -HJ 577
• Amendment(s) adopted (399147) -HJ 586, 587
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 109 NAYS 1 -HJ 587
2/20/2018 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 376
2/21/2018 Senate • Received -SJ 376
3/6/2018 Senate • Withdrawn from Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 765
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 801
• Substituted for CS/CS/SB 470 -SJ 765
• Read 2nd time -SJ 765
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/7/2018 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 875
• CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 875, 876
3/7/2018 House • Ordered enrolled -HJ 1078
3/14/2018 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
3/21/2018 • Approved by Governor
3/22/2018 • Chapter No. 2018-46