By: Hagenbuch  S.B. No. 1602
         (In the Senate - Filed February 24, 2025; March 10, 2025,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
  May 5, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 5, 2025, sent
  to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1602 By:  Flores
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to creating the criminal offense of trespass on or near
  school or day-care center property.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 30, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Section 30.055 to read as follows:
         Sec. 30.055.  TRESPASS ON OR NEAR SCHOOL OR DAY-CARE CENTER
  PROPERTY.  (a)  In this section:
               (1)  "Day-care center" has the meaning assigned by
  Section 42.002, Human Resources Code.
               (2)  "Public property" includes a street, highway,
  alley, public park, or sidewalk.
               (3)  "School" means a private or public elementary or
  secondary school.
               (4)  "School or day-care center property" means: 
                     (A)  all land and buildings owned or leased by a
  school or day-care center; and
                     (B)  any grounds or buildings on which an activity
  sponsored by the school or day-care center is being conducted.
         (b)  A person commits an offense if the person:
               (1)  enters or remains on: 
                     (A)  school or day-care center property; or
                     (B)  public property located within 500 feet of
  school or day-care center property;
               (2)  while in the location described by Subdivision
  (1):
                     (A)  poses a substantial risk of harm to any
  person;
                     (B)  causes a disruption to the school or day-care
  center learning environment; or
                     (C)  on more than one occasion and pursuant to the
  same scheme or course of conduct, behaves in a manner that is
  inappropriate for a school or day-care center setting; and
               (3)  receives a request to depart by an administrator,
  educator, or security personnel officer employed by the school or
  day-care center and fails to depart.
         (c)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. 
         (d)  If conduct constituting an offense under this section
  also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the
  actor may be prosecuted under either section or both sections.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
 
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