H.B. No. 2484         AN ACT   relating to the safety of a referee, judge, or other official at   certain public school extracurricular activities and competitions   and prohibiting certain conduct by a spectator related to those   officials' safety.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 33.081, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (f-1), (f-2), and (f-3) and amending Subsection   (g) to read as follows:          (f-1)  A school district shall prohibit a spectator of an   extracurricular athletic activity or competition, including a   parent or guardian of a student participant, from attending any   future extracurricular athletic activity or competition sponsored   or sanctioned by the school district or the University   Interscholastic League if the spectator engages in conduct that   intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causes bodily injury to a   person serving as referee, judge, or other official of an   extracurricular athletic activity or competition in retaliation   for or as a result of the person's actions taken in performing the   duties of a referee, judge, or other official of the   extracurricular athletic activity or competition.          (f-2)  A school district may establish an appeals process by   which:                (1)  a person may appeal to the district a prohibition   imposed under Subsection (f-1); and                (2)  the district may determine the facts associated   with the conduct for which the school district imposed a   prohibition under Subsection (f-1).          (f-3)  A prohibition imposed under Subsection (f-1) must be   for not less than one year after the date on which the prohibition   is imposed but may not exceed five years from the date on which the   prohibition is imposed.          (g)  An appeal to the commissioner is not a contested case   under Chapter 2001, Government Code, if the issues presented relate   to a person's [student's] eligibility to participate in or attend an   extracurricular activity [activities], including issues related to   a [the] student's grades, the school district's grading policy as   applied to a [the] student's eligibility, a [or the] student's   eligibility based on conduct described by Subsection (e-1), or a   spectator's eligibility to attend an extracurricular athletic   activity or competition under Subsection (f-1).  The commissioner   may delegate the matter for decision to a person the commissioner   designates. The decision of the commissioner or the commissioner's   designee in a matter governed by this subsection may not be appealed   except on the grounds that the decision is arbitrary or capricious.   Evidence may not be introduced on appeal other than the record of   the evidence before the commissioner.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 33.099 to read as follows:          Sec. 33.099.  SAFETY OF OFFICIAL. A school district or   open-enrollment charter school that holds an extracurricular   athletic activity or a University Interscholastic League athletic   competition on district or school property shall provide a peace   officer, a school resource officer, an administrator, or security   personnel to ensure the safety of a referee, judge, or other   official of the activity or competition until the official departs   district or school property if:                (1)  a participant or spectator of the activity or   competition engages in, attempts to engage in, or threatens violent   conduct against the official or otherwise disrupts the duties or   free movement of the official; or                (2)  the district or school reasonably suspects that an   incident described by Subdivision (1) may occur at the activity or   competition.          SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024   school year.          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, 2023.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 2484 was passed by the House on April   14, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 4, 1 present, not   voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to   H.B. No. 2484 on May 17, 2023, and requested the appointment of a   conference committee to consider the differences between the two   houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report   on H.B. No. 2484 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 133,   Nays 10, 2 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 2484 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 15, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays   0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference   committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and   that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.   2484 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor