HB 678

relating to the inclusion of the National Sexual Assault Hotline on
certain student identification cards issued by a public institution
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 51.91941, Education Code,
Sec. 51.91941.  SUICIDE PREVENTION AND SEXUAL ASSAULT
INFORMATION REQUIRED ON STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARD.
SECTION 2.  Section 51.91941(b), Education Code, is amended
(b)  Each student identification card issued by an
institution of higher education:
(1)  must have printed on the card the contact
(A)  the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline;
(C)  the National Sexual Assault Hotline; and
(2)  may have printed on the card the contact
(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
(C)  a local suicide prevention hotline, if
SECTION 3.  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 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, 2025.