Senate Engrossed

State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session 2020

CHAPTER 83

SENATE BILL 1446

 

AN ACT

 

amending Title 15, chapter 1, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-160; amending Title 15, chapter 14, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 14; relating to student safety.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 15, chapter 1, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-160, to read:

START_STATUTE15-160.  Student identification cards; suicide prevention; contact information required

A.  Beginning July 1, 2021, if a school district governing board or charter school governing body issues identification cards to students in grades nine through twelve, the school district governing board or charter school governing body shall include at least one of the following on each new identification card issued to a student in grade nine through twelve:

1.  The telephone number for a national suicide prevention lifeline.

2.  The telephone number for a national network of local crisis centers.

3.  A statement describing how to access a text-based emotional support service.

4.  The telephone number for a local suicide prevention hotline.

B.  A school district governing board or charter school governing body may include the information described in subsection A of this section on student identification cards by printing the information on, or by affixing a sticker that contains the information to, the identification cards. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Title 15, chapter 14, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 14, to read:

ARTICLE 14.  SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

START_STATUTE15-1899.  Student identification cards; suicide prevention; contact information required; definition

A.  Beginning July 1, 2021, if an institution of higher education issues identification cards to students, the institution of higher education shall include on each new identification card issued to a student at least one of the following:

1.  The telephone number for a national suicide prevention lifeline.

2.  The telephone number for a national network of local crisis centers.

3.  A statement describing how to access a text-based emotional support service.

4.  The telephone number for a local suicide prevention hotline.

B.  An institution of higher education may include the information described in subsection A of this section on student identification cards by printing the information on, or by affixing a sticker that contains the information to, the identification cards.

C.  For the purposes of this section, "institution of higher education" means both:

1.  A university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents.

2.  A community college as defined in section 15‑1401. END_STATUTE

 

 

 

 

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR JUNE 5, 2020.

 

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 5, 2020.