By: King S.B. No. 2392     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to notice to local law enforcement of certain offenses   occurring on public or private school property or at   school-sponsored or school-related activities; providing a civil   penalty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 37.015, Education Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (c-1), (g),   and (g-1) to read as follows:          (a)  The principal of a public or private primary or   secondary school, or a person designated by the principal under   Subsection (d), shall notify the chief administrative officer of   the school and any school district police department and the police   department of the municipality in which the school is located or, if   the school is not in a municipality, the sheriff of the county in   which the school is located if the principal has reasonable grounds   to believe that any of the following activities occur in school, on   school property, or at a school-sponsored or school-related   activity on or off school property, whether or not the activity is   investigated by school security officers:                (1)  conduct that may constitute an offense listed   under Section 508.149, Government Code;                (2)  deadly conduct under Section 22.05, Penal Code;                (3)  a terroristic threat under Section 22.07, Penal   Code;                (4)  the use, sale, or possession of a controlled   substance, drug paraphernalia, or marihuana under Chapter 481,   Health and Safety Code;                (5)  the possession of any of the weapons or devices   listed under Sections 46.01(1)-(14) or Section 46.01(16), Penal   Code;                (6)  conduct that may constitute a criminal offense   under Section 71.02, Penal Code; [or]                (7)  conduct that may constitute a criminal offense for   which a student may be expelled under Section 37.007(a), (d), or   (e);                (8)  conduct that may constitute a criminal offense   under Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 21.02, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16,   21.165, 21.18, 21.19, 22.011, 22.021, 43.23, 43.24, 43.25, 43.26,   or 43.262, Penal Code; or                (9)  conduct that may constitute a felony of the first   degree under Section 22.04, Penal Code.          (a-1)  The chief administrative officer of a public or   private primary or secondary school shall notify the applicable law   enforcement agency described by Subsection (a) regarding conduct   described by that subsection immediately after becoming aware that   the principal of the school or the principal's designee under   Subsection (d) has failed to report the conduct as required by   Subsection (a).          (c-1)  Immediately after becoming aware of conduct described   by Subsection (a), the principal of a public or private primary or   secondary school or the principal's designee under Subsection (d)   shall provide the notice required by Subsection (a).          (g)  A principal who fails to report or ensure the   principal's designee under Subsection (d) has reported conduct as   required by Subsection (a) not later than 48 hours after becoming   aware of the conduct or a chief administrative officer who fails to   report conduct as required by Subsection (a-1) not later than 48   hours after becoming aware that the principal or the principal's   designee did not report the conduct is liable to the state for a   civil penalty in the amount of $1,000 for each day after the   applicable 48-hour period that the principal, principal's   designee, or chief administrative officer fails to report conduct   in accordance with this section.  The attorney general may sue to   collect a civil penalty under this subsection.          (g-1)  The principal or chief administrative officer of a   public primary or secondary school may not use state or local money   of the school to pay a civil penalty assessed under Subsection (g).          SECTION 2.  Section 37.015(c), Education Code, is repealed.          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.     Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and   the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For the   purposes of this section, conduct occurs before the effective date   of this Act if any element of the conduct occurred before that date.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.