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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSEPTEMBER 21 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 25, 2026, AS “NATIONAL HAZING AWARENESS
WEEK”
Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Cassidy ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:
S. Res. 908
Whereas hazing is any intentional, knowing, or reckless act
committed by a person, whether individually or in concert
with other persons, against another person regardless of the
willingness of that person to participate, that—
(1) is committed in the course of an initiation into, an
affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in, a
student organization; and
(2) causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk
encountered in the course of participation in the institution
of higher education or the organization (such as the physical
preparation necessary for participation in an athletic team),
of physical or psychological injury;
Whereas 55 percent of college students involved in
extracurricular clubs, athletic teams, and organizations
reported experiencing hazing;
Whereas a hazing prevention policy is vital to help shape
expectations for safe campus communities where healthy group
behaviors, ethical leadership, and feelings of positive well-
being and belonging are fostered;
Whereas the Stop Campus Hazing Act (Public Law 118-173; 138
Stat. 2597) was signed into law in December 2024, and amends
section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1092(f)) to enhance hazing prevention efforts on college
campuses by requiring institutions of higher education to
include hazing incidents in their annual security reports,
provide hazing prevention education, and report findings of
responsibility for campus hazing policy violations in a
Campus Hazing Transparency Report, thereby ensuring greater
transparency and accountability in addressing hazing
nationwide;
Whereas it is recommended that hazing prevention education
is broad and includes students, campus staff, administrators,
faculty, alumni, and beyond;
Whereas hundreds of students have died as a result of
collegiate hazing, including Kristin High on September 9,
2002, Kenitha Saafir on September 9, 2002, Clay Warren on
September 21, 2002, Lynn Gordon “Gordie” Bailey, Jr., on
September 17, 2004, Matthew Carrington on February 2, 2005,
Gary Louis DeVercelly, Jr. on March 30, 2007, Brett Griffin
on November 8, 2008, Harrison Kowiak on November 18, 2008,
Michael Anthony Smallwood Starks on November 21, 2008, Carson
Leonard Starkey on December 2, 2008, George Desdunes on
February 25, 2011, Robert Darnell Champion on November 19,
2011, Robert Eugene Tipton, Jr., on March 26, 2012, David R.
Bogenberger on November 2, 2012, Marvell Edmonson on April
20, 2013, Jauwan M. Holmes on April 20, 2013, Marquise Braham
on March 14, 2014, Dalton Debrick on August 24, 2014, Tucker
W. Hipps on September 22, 2014, Nolan Michael Burch on
November 14, 2014, Timothy J. Piazza on February 4, 2017,
Maxwell “Max” Raymond Gruver on September 14, 2017, Andrew
Coffey on November 3, 2017, Alexander Levi Rainey Beletsis on
June 20, 2018, Nicholas “Nicky” Antonio Cumberland on
October 30, 2018, Collin Wiant on November 12, 2018, Noah
Caleb Domingo on January 12, 2019, Bea Castro on March 17,
2019, Justin King on September 14, 2019, Antonio “Anthony”
Tsialas on October 24, 2019, Samuel “Sam” Martinez on
November 12, 2019, Adam Jeffrey Oakes on February 27, 2021,
Stone Justin Foltz on March 7, 2021, Lofton Hazelwood on
October 18, 2021, Phat Anh Nguyen on November 20, 2021, Luke
Tyler on January 22, 2023, Joshua Daniel Mardis on February
3, 2023, Sawyer Lee Updike on January 16, 2024, Caleb Wilson
on February 27, 2025, Colin Daniel Martinez on January 31,
2026, and Savanna Marie Jones on April 30, 2026;
Whereas students have suffered severe, life-altering
injuries as a result of collegiate hazing, including Danny
Santulli on October 19, 2021; and
Whereas hazing has a lasting, harmful, and deadly impact,
and preventing hazing must be prioritized: Now, therefore, be
it
Resolved, That the Senate—
(1) supports the designation of “National Hazing Awareness
Week”;
(2) acknowledges hazing prevention is not limited to a
single week of awareness but is an ongoing commitment; and
(3) encourages the people of the United States to observe
National Hazing Awareness Week through promoting hazing
awareness and prevention.