86R9010 SOS-D By: Wu H.B. No. 2074 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to prohibiting a public school counselor from being required to act in a disciplinary capacity in certain circumstances. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 33.006, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) A school counselor may not be required to assume a disciplinary role at a school, or to otherwise be assigned a duty involving student discipline that is inconsistent with the counselor's primary responsibility under Subsection (a) and additional responsibilities under this section. This subsection does not prohibit a school counselor from serving on a committee to review a student's placement in an alternative education program under Section 37.306. SECTION 2. 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, 2019.