SB2683 - Relating to certain prohibitions in relation to a student organization at a public institution of higher education receiving financial support from a foreign adversary.

      By: Hughes, King, Sparks  S.B. No. 2683          (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2025; April 3, 2025, read   first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16;   May 15, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 2; May 15, 2025,   sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2683 By:  Bettencourt     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to certain prohibitions in relation to a student   organization at a public institution of higher education receiving   financial support from a foreign adversary.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 51.93151 to read as follows:           Sec.   51.93151.     PROHIBITIONS IN RELATION TO CERTAIN FOREIGN   INFLUENCE ON STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS. (a) In this section:                 (1)     "Benefit" and "student organization" have the   meanings assigned by Section 51.9315.                 (2)  "Foreign adversary" means a country:                       (A)     identified by the United States director of   national intelligence as a country that poses a risk to the national   security of the United States in at least one of the three most   recent Annual Threat Assessments of the U.S. Intelligence Community   issued pursuant to Section 108B, National Security Act of 1947 (50   U.S.C. Section 3043b); or                       (B)     designated by the governor after   consultation with the director of the Department of Public Safety.                 (3)     "Institution of higher education" has the meaning   assigned by Section 61.003.           (b)     A student organization at an institution of higher   education may not:                 (1)     accept a gift from a foreign adversary or an agent   of a foreign adversary; or                 (2)     enter into a contract or agreement with a foreign   adversary or an agent of a foreign adversary under which the student   organization receives financial support.           (c)     Subsection (b) does not prohibit a student organization   at an institution of higher education from accepting member dues or   fees.           (d)     Each student organization at an institution of higher   education annually shall certify to the institution the   organization's compliance with Subsection (b).           (e)     Notwithstanding Section 51.9315, an institution of   higher education may not provide any benefit to a student   organization that violates this section. An institution of higher   education that determines a student organization has violated this   section shall terminate the organization's recognition or   registration, as applicable.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   academic 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.     * * * * *