89R10993 JTZ-F     By: Wilson H.B. No. 5631       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a public institution of higher education's orientation   on the institution's sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating   violence, and stalking policy.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 51.282(c), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (c)  Each postsecondary educational institution shall   require each entering freshman or undergraduate transfer student to   attend an orientation on the institution's sexual harassment,   sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking policy before or   during the first semester or term in which the student is enrolled   at the institution.  The institution shall establish the format and   content of the orientation.  The orientation:                (1)  may be provided online; and                (2)  must include:                      (A)  a video that states:                            (i)  the names of the institution's Title IX   coordinators and deputy coordinators;                            (ii)  the location and contact information   of the institution's Title IX office; and                             (iii)  the services provided by the   institution's Title IX office; and                      (B)  the statements described by Subsection   (a)(1)(E).          SECTION 2.  Section 51.282(c), Education Code, as amended by   this Act, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year.          SECTION 3.  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.