Bill Text: TX HB102 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of radio frequency identification technology to transmit information regarding public school students.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-05 - Referred to Public Education [HB102 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB102-Introduced.html
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| By: Kolkhorst | H.B. No. 102 | |
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| relating to the use of radio frequency identification technology to | ||
| transmit information regarding public school students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 25, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 25.902 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 25.902. CERTAIN MANDATORY STUDENT IDENTIFICATION | ||
| METHODS PROHIBITED. (a) In this section, "radio frequency | ||
| identification technology" means a wireless identification system | ||
| that uses an electromagnetic radio frequency signal to transmit | ||
| data without physical contact between a card, badge, or tag and | ||
| another device. | ||
| (b) A school district may not require a student to use an | ||
| identification device that uses radio frequency identification | ||
| technology or similar technology to identify the student, transmit | ||
| information regarding the student, or track the location of the | ||
| student. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
