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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a policy prohibiting antisemitism at public |
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institutions of higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.9317 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.9317. ANTISEMITISM PROHIBITED. (a) In this |
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section: |
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(1) "Antisemitism" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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448.001, Government Code, including the examples referenced in that |
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term. |
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(2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(b) Each institution of higher education shall adopt a |
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policy that: |
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(1) prohibits students and student organizations from |
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engaging in antisemitism-motivated violence or speech intended to |
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imminently incite violence or other unlawful action against or |
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toward a Jewish person or the Jewish community; and |
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(2) establishes disciplinary sanctions for students |
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and student organizations, including expulsion from the |
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institution or disbanding of the student organization, that engage |
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in conduct prohibited by Subdivision (1). |
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(c) An institution of higher education may not spend money |
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appropriated to the institution for a state fiscal year until the |
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governing board of the institution submits to the legislature and |
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the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board a report certifying |
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the institution's compliance with this section during the preceding |
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state fiscal year. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this |
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section, this Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 academic |
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year. |
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(b) Section 51.9317(c), Education Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies beginning with money appropriated to a public |
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institution of higher education for a state fiscal year beginning |
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September 1, 2026. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |