Richardson Bill Puts Sexual Assault Hotline On Student IDs

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90R3453 JDK-D

By: Richardson
H.B. No. 569

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the inclusion of information regarding sexual assault

victim and youth crisis support services on certain student

identification cards issued by a public school.

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

SECTION 1. Section 38.353, Education Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 38.353. [ SUICIDE PREVENTION ] INFORMATION ON SUICIDE

PREVENTION AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AND YOUTH CRISIS SUPPORT SERVICES

REQUIRED ON CERTAIN STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS. 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 Crisis Text Line;

(C) the National Sexual Assault Hotline; and

(D) a youth crisis support service, as designated

by the agency; 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. As soon as practicable after the effective date

of this Act, the Texas Education Agency shall designate a youth

crisis support service for purposes of Section 38.353, Education

Code, as amended by this Act.

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, 2027.