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Senate Bill 37 |
Senate Author: Zaffirini |
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Effective: 9-1-23 |
House Sponsor: González, Mary |
Current law subjects a person who has firsthand knowledge of a hazing incident involving a student in an educational institution and fails to report that knowledge to an appropriate official of the institution to a criminal penalty and grants immunity from civil or criminal liability to a person who voluntarily makes such a report and cooperates with the investigation. Senate Bill 37 amends the Education Code to include a peace officer or law enforcement agency as entities to which the person may report the incident to avoid the criminal penalty and be granted immunity. The bill also clarifies that such immunity may be granted to an entity organized to support an organization.