S.B. No. 265
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to student use of sunscreen products in public schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 38.021 to read as follows:
         Sec. 38.021.  USE OF SUNSCREEN PRODUCTS. (a) A student may
  possess and use a topical sunscreen product while on school
  property or at a school-related event or activity to avoid
  overexposure to the sun and not for the medical treatment of an
  injury or illness if the product is approved by the federal Food and
  Drug Administration for over-the-counter use.
         (b)  This section does not:
               (1)  waive any immunity from liability of a school
  district, its board of trustees, or its employees; or
               (2)  create any liability for or a cause of action
  against a school district, its board of trustees, or its employees.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2015.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 265 passed the Senate on
  April 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 2; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2015, by the
  following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 265 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144,
  Nays 0, three present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor