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Relating to the removal of a spectator of certain school extracurricular athletic activities or competitions, the official text

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S.B. No. 2929

AN ACT

relating to the removal of a spectator of certain school

extracurricular athletic activities or competitions.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 37.105, Education Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:

(a-1) A verbal warning and persisting in inappropriate

behavior are not required under Subsections (a)(2)(A) and (B) for a

person serving as a referee, judge, or other official of an

extracurricular athletic activity or competition sponsored or

sanctioned by the school district or the University Interscholastic

League to eject a spectator from the extracurricular athletic

activity or competition.

SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026

school 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.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2929 passed the Senate on

May 7, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

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Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2929 passed the House on

May 14, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 0, two

present not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor
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