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89(R) HB 678 - Engrossed version - Bill Text
89R124 CXP-D
By: Walle, Lalani, Garcia of Dallas, Howard,
H.B. No. 678
Simmons
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the inclusion of the National Sexual Assault Hotline on
certain student identification cards issued by a public institution
of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 51.91941, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 51.91941. SUICIDE PREVENTION
AND SEXUAL ASSAULT
INFORMATION REQUIRED ON STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARD.
SECTION 2. Section 51.91941(b), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Each student identification card issued by an
institution of higher education:
(1) must have printed on the card the contact
information for:
(A) the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline;
[
and
]
(B) the Crisis Text Line; and
(C) the National Sexual Assault Hotline; and
(2) may have printed on the card the contact
information for:
(A) the campus police department or security for
the campus at which the student to whom the card is issued regularly
attends classes or, if the campus does not have a campus police
department or security, a local nonemergency police contact;
(B) the campus health clinic for the campus at
which the student to whom the card is issued regularly attends
classes or, if the campus does not have a health clinic, a local
health clinic; and
(C) a local suicide prevention hotline, if
available.
SECTION 3. Section 51.91941(b), Education Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to a student identification card issued on
or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.