US Congress Senate Bill 706 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: Introduced on March 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires each institution of higher education (IHE) to (1) provide a comprehensive program to prevent hazing, and (2) report hazing incidents. Hazing means an intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a student, or a former student, of an IHE against another student (regardless of that student's willingness to participate), that (1) is connected with an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in, an organization that is affiliated with the IHE (e.g., athletic teams); and (2) contributes to a substantial risk of physical injury, mental harm, or degradation or causes physical injury, mental harm or personal degradation. An IHE must disclose hazing incidents that were reported to campus officials in its annual security report.

REACH Act Report and Educate About Campus Hazing Act

Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]
Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-07	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB662 (Related) 2019-01-17 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/706/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s706/BILLS-116s706is.pdf