85R10536 KJE-D     By: Leach H.B. No. 2230       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring certain public and private institutions of   higher education to provide amnesty to students who report   incidents of sexual assault.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 51.9366 to read as follows:          Sec. 51.9366.  AMNESTY FOR STUDENTS REPORTING INCIDENTS OF   SEXUAL ASSAULT. (a) In this section:                (1)  "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher   Education Coordinating Board.                (2)  "Postsecondary educational institution" means an   institution of higher education or a private or independent   institution of higher education, as those terms are defined by   Section 61.003.          (b)  A postsecondary educational institution may not take   any disciplinary action against a student enrolled at the   institution for a violation by the student of the institution's   policies on student conduct if the student reports to the   institution being the victim of, or a witness to, an incident of   sexual assault and the violation of the institution's policies is   in relation to the incident. This subsection applies regardless of   the location at which the incident occurred or the outcome of the   institution's disciplinary process or a criminal proceeding   regarding the incident, if any.          (c)  This section may not be construed to limit a   postsecondary educational institution's ability to provide amnesty   from application of the institution's policies in circumstances not   described by Subsection (b).          (d)  The coordinating board may adopt rules as necessary to   implement and enforce this section.          SECTION 2.  Section 51.9366, Education Code, as added by   this Act, applies beginning with the 2017-2018 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, 2017.