Bill Text: TX SB42 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to bullying through electronic means in public schools.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-22 - Left pending in committee [SB42 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB42-Introduced.html
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| By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 42 | |
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| relating to bullying through electronic means in public schools. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 25.0342(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) In this section, "bullying" means engaging in written or | ||
| verbal expression, expression through electronic means, or | ||
| physical conduct that a school district board of trustees or the | ||
| board's designee determines: | ||
| (1) will have the effect of physically harming a | ||
| student, damaging a student's property, or placing a student in | ||
| reasonable fear of harm to the student's person or of damage to the | ||
| student's property; or | ||
| (2) is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive | ||
| enough that the action or threat creates an intimidating, | ||
| threatening, or abusive educational environment for a student. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 37.001(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Bullying" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 25.0342. | ||
| (2) "Harassment" means threatening to cause harm or | ||
| bodily injury to another student, engaging in sexually intimidating | ||
| conduct, causing physical damage to the property of another | ||
| student, subjecting another student to physical confinement or | ||
| restraint, or maliciously taking any action that substantially | ||
| harms another student's physical or emotional health or safety. | ||
| (3) [ |
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| to be harmed, using: | ||
| (A) a firearm, as defined by Section 46.01(3), | ||
| Penal Code; | ||
| (B) a knife, as defined by Section 46.01(7), | ||
| Penal Code; or | ||
| (C) any other object to be used with intent to | ||
| cause bodily harm. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 | ||
| school year. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
