88R6354 JES-D
By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 1945
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to access to certain Internet websites 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 38.042 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.042. RESTRICTING ACCESS TO CERTAIN WEBSITES
PROHIBITED. A school district or open-enrollment charter school
may not restrict access to an Internet website, including by using
filtering software, that provides resources for students related
to:
(1) mental health or suicide prevention for
individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or
questioning;
(2) human trafficking;
(3) interpersonal or domestic violence; or
(4) sexual assault.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
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, 2023.