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Senate Bill 38 |
Senate Author: Zaffirini et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-19 |
House Sponsor: Lozano et al. |
Senate Bill 38 amends the Education Code to revise the conduct that constitutes the offense of hazing in the context of a public or private high school or a postsecondary educational institution, including by classifying as such conduct an act that involves coercing a student to consume a drug or to consume an alcoholic beverage or liquor in an amount that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the student is intoxicated and by expanding the types of student organizations associated with the purpose of the act. The bill imposes certain conditions on the immunity from civil or criminal liability granted to a person who reports a specific hazing incident, other than the person's own act, involving a student in an applicable school or institution. The bill sets out provisions establishing venue for the prosecution of a hazing offense.
Senate Bill 38 requires each postsecondary educational institution to develop, update, and post on the institution's website by a specified deadline before each fall or spring semester a certain report on each disciplinary action and each criminal conviction for hazing committed during the preceding three years by an organization registered with or recognized by the institution.