Bill Text: TX SB1371 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the reporting of certain incidents of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking at certain public or private institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-07 - Effective immediately [SB1371 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1371-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1371 | ||
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| relating to the reporting of certain incidents of sexual | ||
| harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking at certain | ||
| public or private institutions of higher education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 51.252, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or (c-1), the | ||
| report must include all information concerning the incident known | ||
| to the reporting person that is relevant to the investigation and, | ||
| if applicable, redress of the incident, including whether an | ||
| alleged victim has expressed a desire for confidentiality in | ||
| reporting the incident. | ||
| (c-1) A campus peace officer employed by a postsecondary | ||
| educational institution who receives information regarding an | ||
| incident described by Subsection (a) from an alleged victim who | ||
| chooses to complete a pseudonym form described by Article 58.102, | ||
| 58.152, 58.202, or 58.252, Code of Criminal Procedure, shall, in | ||
| making a report under this section, state only the type of incident | ||
| reported and may not include the victim's name, phone number, | ||
| address, or other information that may directly or indirectly | ||
| reveal the victim's identity. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 51.256(c), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) Nothing in this section may be construed as prohibiting | ||
| a victim from making a report to a law enforcement agency using a | ||
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| SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails | ||
| over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, | ||
| relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted | ||
| codes. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1371 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1371 passed the House on | ||
| May 18, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 2, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
