Bill Amendment: TX HB246 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature
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Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of improper relationship between educator and student.
Status: 2021-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB246 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB246-House_Amendment_H_3_1-Shine.html
Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of improper relationship between educator and student.
Status: 2021-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB246 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB246-House_Amendment_H_3_1-Shine.html
Amend HB 246 on third reading by amending Section 21.12(d-1), Penal Code, as added to the bill by the second reading amendment by Shine, as follows:
(1) Strike "may not release to the public" and substitute "may not release to the general public".
(2) Add the following to the end of Subsection (d-1): "The school may release the name of the accused employee, without regard to whether there has been an indictment, as necessary for the school to:
(1) report the accusation to the Texas Education Agency or as otherwise required by law; or
(2) conduct its own investigation of the accusation."
