Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3452 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R13372 AND-D
2	2	By: Jones of Dallas H.B. No. 3452
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to inquiries into the criminal and disciplinary history of
10	10	an applicant for undergraduate admission to a public institution of
11	11	higher education.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 51.762, Education Code, is amended by
14	14	amending Subsections (c) and (h) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
15	15	read as follows:
16	16	(c) Subject to Subsection (c-1) and in [In] addition to
17	17	information required to determine the residency status of the
18	18	applicant and information relating to the use of the form at each
19	19	institution, the board shall include on each application form
20	20	adopted under this section information that the board considers
21	21	appropriate.
22	22	(c-1) The board may not include on an application form
23	23	adopted under this section information regarding an applicant's
24	24	criminal history or disciplinary history at a primary or secondary
25	25	school or postsecondary educational institution, other than
26	26	information regarding the applicant's:
27	27	(1) conviction of an offense:
28	28	(A) under Section 42.072 (Stalking), Penal Code;
29	29	(B) for which the applicant is required to
30	30	register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal
31	31	Procedure; or
32	32	(C) for which an affirmative finding of family
33	33	violence was made under Article 42.013, Code of Criminal Procedure;
34	34	(2) conviction occurring not more than 10 years before
35	35	the date on which the application is submitted of an offense not
36	36	described by Subdivision (1) under:
37	37	(A) Section 19.02 (Murder), 19.03 (Capital
38	38	Murder), or 19.04 (Manslaughter), Penal Code;
39	39	(B) Section 20.03 (Kidnapping) or 20.04
40	40	(Aggravated Kidnapping), Penal Code; or
41	41	(C) Section 22.01 (Assault) or 22.02 (Aggravated
42	42	Assault), Penal Code;
43	43	(3) pending criminal charges; or
44	44	(4) disciplinary history at a primary or secondary
45	45	school or postsecondary educational institution for stalking,
46	46	sexual assault, sexual harassment, or dating violence, as those
47	47	terms are defined by Section 51.281.
48	48	(h) An applicant may file, and each institution of higher
49	49	education shall accept, an application for admission as an entering
50	50	freshman or undergraduate transfer student that uses the
51	51	appropriate form adopted under this section. The form used to apply
52	52	to a general academic teaching institution may be filed in either
53	53	electronic or printed format. An institution of higher education
54	54	may require [is not prohibited from requiring] an applicant to
55	55	submit additional information, other than information prohibited
56	56	from being included on an application form under Subsection (c-1),
57	57	within a reasonable time after the institution has received an
58	58	application using a form adopted under this section.
59	59	SECTION 2. Section 51.763(c), Education Code, is amended to
60	60	read as follows:
61	61	(c) A general academic teaching institution may require [is
62	62	not prohibited from requiring] an applicant to submit additional
63	63	information, other than information prohibited from being included
64	64	on an application form under Section 51.762(c-1), within a
65	65	reasonable time after the institution has received an application
66	66	under this section.
67	67	SECTION 3. Sections 51.762 and 51.763, Education Code, as
68	68	amended by this Act, apply beginning with applications for
69	69	undergraduate admission to a public institution of higher education
70	70	or a general academic teaching institution for the 2026 spring
71	71	semester.
72	72	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.