BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 3684

By: Alvarado

Public Education

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Interested parties report an increase in the use of e-cigarettes among middle and high school students in recent years and suggest that instruction to prevent the use of e-cigarettes should be included among the curriculum components of the health education instruction required to be recommended by the local school health advisory council in each public school district. H.B. 3684 seeks to provide for that inclusion.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

H.B. 3684 amends the Education Code to include instruction to prevent the use of e-cigarettes among the curriculum components of the health education instruction required to be recommended by the local school health advisory council in each public school district.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2017.