SB800 - Relating to a public institution of higher education's sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking resources and policy orientation.

      S.B. No. 800         AN ACT   relating to a public institution of higher education's sexual   harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking   resources and policy orientation.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 51.282(c), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (c)  Each postsecondary educational institution shall   require each entering freshman or undergraduate transfer student to   attend an orientation on the institution's sexual harassment,   sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking policy before or   during the first semester or term in which the student is enrolled   at the institution.  The institution shall establish the format and   content of the orientation.  The orientation:                (1)  may be provided online; and                (2)  must include :                       (A)  a video that states:                             (i)     the names of the institution's Title IX   coordinators and deputy coordinators;                             (ii)     the location and contact information   of the institution's Title IX office;                               (iii)     the services provided by the   institution's Title IX office;                             (iv)     how to report a sexual assault to the   institution;                             (v)     information regarding the crime   victims' compensation program; and                             (vi)     a list of local community and   statewide organizations that provide support services to survivors   of sexual assault; and                       (B)   the statements described by Subsection   (a)(1)(E).          SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 51.91941, Education Code,   is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 51.91941.  SUICIDE PREVENTION AND SEXUAL ASSAULT   INFORMATION REQUIRED ON STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARD.          SECTION 3.  Section 51.91941(b), Education Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  Each student identification card issued by an   institution of higher education:                (1)  must have printed on the card the contact   information for:                      (A)  the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline;   [ and ]                      (B)  the Crisis Text Line; and                       (C)  the National Sexual Assault Hotline; and                (2)  may have printed on the card the contact   information for:                      (A)  the campus police department or security for   the campus at which the student to whom the card is issued regularly   attends classes or, if the campus does not have a campus police   department or security, a local nonemergency police contact;                      (B)  the campus health clinic for the campus at   which the student to whom the card is issued regularly attends   classes or, if the campus does not have a health clinic, a local   health clinic; and                      (C)  a local suicide prevention hotline, if   available.          SECTION 4.  Section 51.282(c), Education Code, as amended by   this Act, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year.          SECTION 5.  Section 51.91941(b), Education Code, as amended   by this Act, applies only to a student identification card issued on   or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 6.  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 hereby certify that S.B. No. 800 passed the Senate on   April 30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that   the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 30, 2025, by the   following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 800 passed the House, with   amendments, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 94,   Nays 38, two present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor