bill adding more hotlines to student ID cards

The text as introduced · 212 words

By: West
S.B. No. 2754

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the inclusion of domestic violence prevention

information on certain student identification cards issued by a

public school.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 38, Section 38.353., of the

Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

Each student identification card issued by a public school to

a student in grade six or higher:

(1) must have printed on the card the contact information

for:

(A) the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline; and

(B) the National Domestic Violence Hotline; and

(C) the National Sexual Assault Hotline; and

[B] (D) the Crisis Text Line; and

(2) may have printed on the card the contact information for

a local suicide prevention hotline, if available.

SECTION 2. Section 38.353, 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 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.