Stop Campus Hazing Act

The Stop Campus Hazing Act was signed into law late in December of 2024. The law was passed unanimously in the Senate and House before being signed by President Biden and represents a significant step in national efforts to prevent hazing by improving hazing reporting and prevention efforts on college campuses.

Frank Phillips College (FPC) is committed to providing a safe educational environment for everyone and does not tolerate hazing by any group or individual affiliated with the College.  FPC students should expect all student organizations to treat them with respect and dignity.

Frank Phillips College has always taken hazing seriously and has worked to raise awareness about hazing and prevent hazing in any form on our campus. The Stop Campus Hazing Act adds another layer to our prevention efforts by requiring the enhancement of transparency, and prioritizing prevention efforts.

Here’s what the Stop Campus Hazing Act means for FPC:

  • Campus Security Authorities (CSA’s) are now required to report hazing.
  • FPC discloses incidents of hazing on campus as crime statistics in their Annual Security Report (ASR)
  • FPC must publish a Hazing Transparency Report and update at least twice per year.
  • FPC must provide campus-wide, research-informed hazing prevention training and awareness programs

Frank Phillips College Hazing Transparency Report

There have been no reporting of hazing incidents or findings of responsibility for hazing violations from July 1, 2025, to December 15, 2025.

 

What is Hazing?

Hazing is defined as any intentional, knowing, or reckless act occurring on or off of the campus of an educational institution, by one person alone or acting with others, directed against a person, for the purpose of pledging, joining, being initiated into, affiliating with, holding office in, or maintaining membership in any organization. Hazing includes but is not limited to:

  • any type of physical brutality, such as whipping, beating, striking, branding, electric shocking, placing of a harmful substance in or on the body, or similar activity;
  • any type of physical activity that involves or results in sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, calisthenics, or other activity that subjects the person to an unreasonable risk of harm or that adversely affects the mental or physical health or safety of the person;
  • any activity involving consumption of a food, liquid, alcoholic beverage, liquor, drug, or other substance, in addition to those described by Paragraph E, that subjects the person to an unreasonable risk of harm or that adversely affects the mental or physical health or safety of the person;
  • any activity that intimidates, demeans, embarrasses, or threatens the person with ostracism, that subjects the person to stress, shame, or humiliation, that adversely affects the mental health or dignity of the person or discourages the person from entering or remaining registered in an educational institution, or that may reasonably be expected to cause a person to leave the organization or the institution rather than submit to acts described in this subsection;
  • any activity that involves coercing, as defined by Section 1.07 Penal Code, a student to consume a drug or an alcoholic beverage or liquor in any amount.;
  • any activity that threatens the wellbeing of a person by restricting their ability to communicate with others to get medical help, to document prohibited conduct, or report misconduct; such as, but not limited to, the confiscation of a personal communication device; and
  • any activity that induces, causes, or requires the person to perform a duty or task that involves a violation of the Penal Code. See Texas Education Code, Section 37.151(6) for more information.

 

Examples of Hazing

Hazing includes a range of activities that can be intimidating, harassing or violent. Any form of hazing is prohibited.

  • Attempts to commit hazing
  • Abduction/kidnap
  • Asking individuals to wear humiliating attire
  • Assigning demerits
  • Beating, paddling, burning, branding or other forms of assault
  • Bondage
  • Deception
  • Depriving privileges granted to other individuals
  • Exposure to extreme weather without appropriate clothing or protection
  • Expecting illegal activity
  • Expecting individuals to do chores or personal favors for existing members
  • Expecting certain items to always be in one’s possession
  • Forced or coerced into alcohol consumption, drug consumption or consumption of a substance
  • Interfering with personal hygiene schedules
  • Name calling
  • Public nudity
  • Quizzing/drills on information
  • Requiring individuals to perform humiliating acts
  • Requiring individuals to perform tasks not assigned to current members
  • Sexual simulations
  • Sleep deprivation
  • Socially isolating individuals
  • Threats or implied threats
  • Verbal abuse
  • Water intoxication