SB439
Higher educational institutions, nonprofit and public; hazing policies.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Institutions of higher education; hazing; policies.
Establishes mandates at nonprofit private institutions of higher education and public institutions of higher education relating to hazing and defines different types of organizations at such institutions to which the mandates apply. The bill requires each such institution to provide to each current member, new member, and potential new member ... (More) of each student organization with new members hazing prevention training that includes extensive, current, and in-person education about hazing, the dangers of hazing, including alcohol intoxication, and hazing laws and institution policies and information explaining that the institution's disciplinary process is not to be considered a substitute for the criminal legal process and provides that if a student organization with new members has an advisor, such advisor shall receive such hazing prevention training. The bill requires the governing board of each institution to include as part of its policy, code, rules, or set of standards governing sexual violence a provision for immunity from disciplinary action based on hazing or personal consumption of drugs or alcohol where such disclosure is made in conjunction with a good faith report of an act of hazing in advance of or during an incident of hazing that causes injury to a person. Beginning with the 2022–2023 academic year, the bill requires each institution to maintain and publicly report actual findings of violations of the institution's code of conduct or of federal or state laws pertaining to hazing that are reported to campus authorities or local law enforcement. This bill shall be known as Adam's Law. This bill is identical to HB 525. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/11/2022 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103970D
- 01/11/2022 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/14/2022 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 01/17/2022 - Senate: Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/20/2022 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/20/2022 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/20/2022 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/20/2022 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 22104833D-S1
- 01/21/2022 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/2022 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/24/2022 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/24/2022 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22104833D-S1
- 01/24/2022 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB439S1
- 01/25/2022 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/26/2022 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/2022 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/2022 - House: Read first time
- 02/21/2022 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/23/2022 - House: Committee substitute printed 22106812D-H1
- 02/23/2022 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 1-N)
- 02/25/2022 - House: Read second time
- 02/28/2022 - House: Read third time
- 02/28/2022 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 22106812D-H1
- 02/28/2022 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB439H1
- 02/28/2022 - House: Passed House with substitute (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/28/2022 - House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
- 03/02/2022 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/2022 - Senate: Title replaced 22106812D-H1
- 03/07/2022 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/2022 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB439ER)
- 03/08/2022 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/08/2022 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/16/2022 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB439ER)
- 03/22/2022 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 03/22/2022 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/11/2022 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 694 (effective 7/1/22)
