Amend CSSB 179 (senate committee report) in SECTION 8 of the bill as follows:
(1) In the chapter heading to added Chapter 129A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 5, line 1), strike "BULLYING" and substitute "CYBERBULLYING".
(2) Strike added Sections 129A.001, 129A.002, 129A.003, 129A.004, and 129A.005, Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 5, line 2, through page 6, line 17), and substitute the following:
Sec. 129A.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "cyberbullying" has the meaning assigned by Section 37.0832(a), Education Code.
(3) In added Section 129A.006, Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 6, lines 18-25), strike Subsection (a) and substitute the following:
(a) A recipient of cyberbullying behavior who is younger than 18 years of age at the time the cyberbullying occurs or a parent of or person standing in parental relation to the recipient may seek injunctive relief under this chapter against the individual who was cyberbullying the recipient or, if the individual is younger than 18 years of age, against a parent of or person standing in parental relation to the individual.
(4) In added Section 129A.006(b), Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 6, line 28), strike "bullying communication" and substitute "cyberbullying".
(5) In added Section 129A.006(b)(1), Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 6, lines 30-31), strike "sending bullying communication" and substitute "engaging in cyberbullying".
(6) In added Section 129A.006(b)(2), Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 6, line 33), strike "a communicator" and substitute "an individual".
(7) In added Section 129A.006(b)(2), Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 6, lines 34-35), strike "communicator to cease sending bullying communication" and substitute "individual to cease engaging in cyberbullying".
(8) In added Section 129A.006(c), Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 6, line 39), strike "communicator sent bullying communication to" and substitute "individual was cyberbullying".
(9) In added Section 129A.006(c), Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 6, line 43), strike "bullying communication by the communicator to" and substitute "cyberbullying by the individual against".
(10) In added Section 129A.006(d), Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 6, lines 45-46), strike "communicator sent bullying communication to" and substitute "individual was cyberbullying".
(11) In added Section 129A.007(a), Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 6, line 59), strike "bullying communication" and substitute "cyberbullying".
(12) In added Section 129A.007(e), Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 7, line 12), strike "form" and substitute "forms".
(13) Strike added Section 129A.008, Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 7, lines 16-20).
(14) In added Section 129A.010, Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 7, lines 28-29), strike "bullying communication" and substitute "cyberbullying".
(15) Renumber sections in added Chapter 129A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, accordingly.