(a) The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, utilizing available resources, shall develop and, subject to an appropriation of funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act or other statute, update every seven years, or on a more frequent basis if deemed necessary by either the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls or the Attorney General, an interactive training course on anti-reproductive-rights crimes and make the telecourse available to all California law enforcement agencies through an online portal or platform.

(b) Persons and organizations, including, but not limited to, subject-matter experts, may make application to the commission, as outlined in Article 3 (commencing with Section 1051) of Division 2 of Title 11 of the California Code of Regulations, for certification of a course designed to train law enforcement officers to carry out the legislative intent expressed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 1 of the act that enacts this title in the 2001-02 Regular Session.

(c) In developing the telecourse required by subdivision (a), and in considering any applications pursuant to subdivision (b), the commission, utilizing available resources, shall consult the Attorney General and other subject matter experts, except where a subject matter expert has submitted, or has an interest in, an application pursuant to subdivision (b).

(d) In addition to producing and making available the telecourse described in subdivision (a), the commission shall distribute, as necessary, training bulletins, via the internet, to law enforcement agencies participating in training offered pursuant to this section.

(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 191, Sec. 11. (AB 1356) Effective January 1, 2022.)