Legislation
On February 5, 2007, the Texas Legislature's State Representative Dawnna Dukes entered a bill to require school districts in Texas to create policies regarding Teen Dating Violence. This bill was created in memory of Jennifer Ann Crecente and Ortralla Mosley. Jennifer Ann's Group provided testimony on February 8, 2007 to the legislature in support of this bill. Governor Rick Perry signed the bill into law on May 18, 2007, and it immediately went into effect. Every school district in the state of Texas has to have a formal policy regarding Teen Dating Violence as a result of this legislation.
On February 15, 2007, on the one-year anniversary of Jennifer's murder, Senator Eliot Shapleigh entered a bill to grant posthumous diplomas to students that died during their Senior year of high school. The bill is named "Jennifer's Law". On May 28, 2007 the bill was signed in the Senate and passed to Governor Rick Perry for signing. The bill was signed by the Governor on June 15, 2007 and went into effect immediately. "Jennifer's Law" allows the family of any Texas student that died during their Senior year of high school to request a posthumous diploma.
Read more about this topic: Death Of Jennifer Ann Crecente
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