SB1602 - Relating to creating the criminal offense of trespass on or near school or day-care center property.

      By: Hagenbuch  S.B. No. 1602          (In the Senate - Filed February 24, 2025; March 10, 2025,   read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;   May 5, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 5, 2025, sent   to printer.)     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1602 By:  Flores     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to creating the criminal offense of trespass on or near   school or day-care center property.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 30, Penal Code, is amended by adding   Section 30.055 to read as follows:           Sec.   30.055.     TRESPASS ON OR NEAR SCHOOL OR DAY-CARE CENTER   PROPERTY.   (a)   In this section:                 (1)     "Day-care center" has the meaning assigned by   Section 42.002, Human Resources Code.                 (2)     "Public property" includes a street, highway,   alley, public park, or sidewalk.                 (3)     "School" means a private or public elementary or   secondary school.                 (4)  "School or day-care center property" means:                         (A)     all land and buildings owned or leased by a   school or day-care center; and                       (B)     any grounds or buildings on which an activity   sponsored by the school or day-care center is being conducted.           (b)  A person commits an offense if the person:                 (1)  enters or remains on:                         (A)  school or day-care center property; or                       (B)     public property located within 500 feet of   school or day-care center property;                 (2)     while in the location described by Subdivision   (1):                       (A)     poses a substantial risk of harm to any   person;                       (B)     causes a disruption to the school or day-care   center learning environment; or                       (C)     on more than one occasion and pursuant to the   same scheme or course of conduct, behaves in a manner that is   inappropriate for a school or day-care center setting; and                 (3)     receives a request to depart by an administrator,   educator, or security personnel officer employed by the school or   day-care center and fails to depart.           (c)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.             (d)     If conduct constituting an offense under this section   also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the   actor may be prosecuted under either section or both sections.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *