Bill Text: TX SB1565 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to requiring the establishment of policy frameworks for research security at public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1565 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1565-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1565 | ||
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| relating to requiring the establishment of policy frameworks for | ||
| research security at 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 51.956 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 51.956. POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR RESEARCH SECURITY. (a) | ||
| In this section, "governing board," "institution of higher | ||
| education," and "university system" have the meanings assigned by | ||
| Section 61.003. | ||
| (b) The governing board of each institution of higher | ||
| education shall establish a policy framework that promotes secure | ||
| academic research at the institution while mitigating the risk of | ||
| foreign espionage and interference. The governing board of a | ||
| university system must establish a separate policy framework for | ||
| each institution of higher education under the governing board's | ||
| management and control. | ||
| (c) The policy framework must address: | ||
| (1) achieving the highest level of compliance with | ||
| applicable ethical, legal, regulatory, contractual, and system | ||
| standards and requirements for securing and protecting the | ||
| institution's research portfolios; | ||
| (2) promoting within the institution an | ||
| organizational culture of compliance with federal requirements to | ||
| ensure the institution maintains eligibility for federal funding; | ||
| and | ||
| (3) designating a person to serve as a research | ||
| security officer responsible for maintaining classified | ||
| information, maintaining controlled unclassified information, | ||
| conducting foreign influence reporting, and addressing other | ||
| issues at the institution associated with the goals of the policy | ||
| framework. | ||
| (d) For purposes of designating a person to serve as a | ||
| research security officer under Subsection (c)(3), the governing | ||
| board of a university system may designate a person to serve in an | ||
| institutional or system-wide capacity. | ||
| (e) A person designated to serve as a research security | ||
| officer under Subsection (c)(3) shall attend the annual academic | ||
| security and counter exploitation program seminar offered by Texas | ||
| A&M University. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the governing board of each public institution of | ||
| higher education shall establish the policy framework for research | ||
| security required under Section 51.956, Education Code, as added by | ||
| this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1565 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 27, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1565 passed the House on | ||
| May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 2, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
