Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2392 Compare Versions

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1	1		By: King S.B. No. 2392
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2025; March 24, 2025, read
	3	+	first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16;
	4	+	April 22, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	5	+	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 22, 2025,
	6	+	sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2392 By: Bettencourt
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6	13		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	14		AN ACT
8	15		relating to notice to local law enforcement of certain offenses
9	16		occurring on public or private school property or at
10	17		school-sponsored or school-related activities; providing a civil
11	18		penalty.
12	19		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	20		SECTION 1. Section 37.015, Education Code, is amended by
14		-	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (c-1), ~~(g),~~
15		-	~~and~~ (g-1) to read as follows:
	21	+	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (c-1), and
	22	+	(g) to read as follows:
16	23		(a) The principal of a public or private primary or
17	24		secondary school, or a person designated by the principal under
18	25		Subsection (d), shall notify the chief administrative officer of
19	26		the school and any school district police department and the police
20	27		department of the municipality in which the school is located or, if
21	28		the school is not in a municipality, the sheriff of the county in
22	29		which the school is located if the principal has reasonable grounds
23	30		to believe that any of the following activities occur in school, on
24	31		school property, or at a school-sponsored or school-related
25	32		activity on or off school property, whether or not the activity is
26	33		investigated by school security officers:
27	34		(1) conduct that may constitute an offense listed
28	35		under Section 508.149, Government Code;
29	36		(2) deadly conduct under Section 22.05, Penal Code;
30	37		(3) a terroristic threat under Section 22.07, Penal
31	38		Code;
32	39		(4) the use, sale, or possession of a controlled
33	40		substance, drug paraphernalia, or marihuana under Chapter 481,
34	41		Health and Safety Code;
35	42		(5) the possession of any of the weapons or devices
36	43		listed under Sections 46.01(1)-(14) or Section 46.01(16), Penal
37	44		Code;
38	45		(6) conduct that may constitute a criminal offense
39	46		under Section 71.02, Penal Code; [or]
40	47		(7) conduct that may constitute a criminal offense for
41	48		which a student may be expelled under Section 37.007(a), (d), or
42	49		(e);
43	50		(8) conduct that may constitute a criminal offense
44	51		under Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 21.02, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16,
45	52		21.165, 21.18, 21.19, 22.011, 22.021, 43.23, 43.24, 43.25, 43.26,
46	53		or 43.262, Penal Code; or
47	54		(9) conduct that may constitute a felony of the first
48	55		degree under Section 22.04, Penal Code.
49	56		(a-1) The chief administrative officer of a public or
50	57		private primary or secondary school shall notify the applicable law
51	58		enforcement agency described by Subsection (a) regarding conduct
52	59		described by that subsection immediately after becoming aware that
53	60		the principal of the school or the principal's designee under
54	61		Subsection (d) has failed to report the conduct as required by
55	62		Subsection (a).
56	63		(c-1) Immediately after becoming aware of conduct described
57	64		by Subsection (a), the principal of a public or private primary or
58	65		secondary school or the principal's designee under Subsection (d)
59	66		shall provide the notice required by Subsection (a).
60	67		(g) A principal who fails to report or ensure the
61	68		principal's designee under Subsection (d) has reported conduct as
62	69		required by Subsection (a) not later than 48 hours after becoming
63	70		aware of the conduct or a chief administrative officer who fails to
64	71		report conduct as required by Subsection (a-1) not later than 48
65	72		hours after becoming aware that the principal or the principal's
66	73		designee did not report the conduct is liable to the state for a
67	74		civil penalty in the amount of $1,000 for each day after the
68	75		applicable 48-hour period that the principal, principal's
69	76		designee, or chief administrative officer fails to report conduct
70	77		in accordance with this section. The attorney general may sue to
71	78		collect a civil penalty under this subsection.
72		-	(g-1) The principal or chief administrative officer of a
73		-	public primary or secondary school may not use state or local money
74		-	of the school to pay a civil penalty assessed under Subsection (g).
75	79		SECTION 2. Section 37.015(c), Education Code, is repealed.
76	80		SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
77	81		to conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
78	82		Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this Act is
79	83		governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and
80	84		the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For the
81	85		purposes of this section, conduct occurs before the effective date
82	86		of this Act if any element of the conduct occurred before that date.
83	87		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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