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      H.B. No. 4361         AN ACT   relating to establishing policies regarding the timely issuance of   emergency notifications at public institutions of higher   education.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 61.070 to read as follows:           Sec.   61.070.     COORDINATION OF EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS. The   board, in consultation with administrators, faculty, staff, and   students at institutions of higher education, shall adopt rules   regarding standardized procedures for timely issuing emergency   notifications in accordance with the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act   (20 U.S.C. Section 1092(f)), including emergency alerts through the   system required under Section 51.218.          SECTION 2.  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board   shall adopt the rules required by Section 61.070, Education Code,   as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after the effective   date of this Act.          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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 4361 was passed by the House on May 6,   2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 4361 was passed by the Senate on May   28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor