Bill Text: TX HB1381 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to contracts with and the acceptance of money from certain foreign entities by public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-18 - Filed [HB1381 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1381-Introduced.html
| By: Virdell | H.B. No. 1381 | |
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| relating to contracts with and the acceptance of money from certain | ||
| foreign entities by public institutions of higher education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 51.985 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 51.985. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTS WITH OR ACCEPTANCE OF | ||
| MONEY FROM CERTAIN FOREIGN ENTITIES. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Designated country or entity" means a country or | ||
| entity designated as a country of particular concern, a special | ||
| watch list country, or an entity of particular concern in the United | ||
| States secretary of state's most recent designations under the | ||
| International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. Section 6401 | ||
| et seq.). | ||
| (2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding any other law, an institution of higher | ||
| education may not enter into a contract with or accept a gift, | ||
| grant, or donation from a designated country or entity. | ||
| (c) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt | ||
| rules as necessary to implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 51.985, Education Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before that | ||
| date is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was | ||
| entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| 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. | ||
