88R20101 ANG-F     By: Guillen H.B. No. 2484     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2484:     By:  Buckley C.S.H.B. No. 2484       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the safety of a referee, judge, or other official at   certain public school extracurricular activities 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 Subsection (f-1) and amending Subsection (g) to read as   follows:          (f-1)  A spectator of a University Interscholastic League   competition, including a parent or guardian of a student   participant, shall be prohibited from attending any future   extracurricular activity 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 activity 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 activity.          (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 activity   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, school resource officer, 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.