By: Creighton S.B. No. 2929
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the removal of a spectator of certain school
extracurricular athletic activities or competitions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.105, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) A verbal warning and persisting in inappropriate
behavior are not required under Subsections (a)(2)(A) and (B) for a
person serving as a referee, judge, or other official of an
extracurricular athletic activity or competition sponsored or
sanctioned by the school district or the University Interscholastic
League to eject a spectator from the extracurricular athletic
activity or competition.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
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, 2025.