89R124 CXP-D

By: Walle H.B. No. 678

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.