A federal bill designed to end hazing on college campuses has advanced out of committee in the House of Representatives.
The Stop Campus Hazing Act will require colleges and universities to report hazing incidents in their annual Clery Report, which acts as a yearly security report. It would also require all participating institutions to develop a comprehensive plan to prevent hazing. It passed the House committee on Education and the Workforce by a bi-partisan 28-2 vote. The bill has already received support from over 50 representatives.
The bill’s passage out of committee comes seven years after the death of Penn State student Timothy Piazza. He was knocked unconscious after falling down basement stairs as a result of being given 18 drinks over 82 minutes in a hazing incident at Penn State’s Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Due to a previous suspension, the fraternity was supposed to be alcohol-free. His fraternity brothers discouraged anyone calling for help and he died a day later.
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