HB366 Alabama 2018 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021

House Bill

Enacted

Current Status

Regular Session 2018

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: John F. Knight Jr
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2018
Title: Schools, student harassment, Student Harassment Prevention Act, name changed to Jamari Terrell Williams Act, expand act to include harassment of a student by another student, intimidation, violence, and threats of violence off of school property, cyberbullying, Secs. 16-28B-1 to 16-28B-5, inclusive, am'd.
Description: Under existing law, the Student Harassment Prevention Act provides for the adoption of policies in public school systems to prevent student against student harassment, intimidation, violence, and threats of violence on public school property, on school buses, and at school-sponsored events.
This bill would expand the act to include student against student harassment, intimidation, violence, and threats of violence off of school property.
This bill would specifically include cyberbullying in the definition of harassment.
This bill would also change the name of the act to the Jamari Terrell Williams Act.
Subjects: Harassment