Colleges must hire confidential assault specialists and publish detailed safety data.

What it does

This bill strengthens campus sexual assault reporting and survivor support by requiring colleges to designate trained sexual and interpersonal violence specialists as confidential resources, publish detailed safety data online, and establish uniform disciplinary processes. It expands the Clery Act to require colleges to report statistics on sexual assault and harassment cases, including how many were reported, investigated, and resolved, while protecting survivor privacy. Colleges must also provide amnesty policies for students who report crimes and ensure staff receive trauma-informed training.

Why we flagged it

The bill's core mechanism is mandatory institutional transparency (public statistics), survivor support infrastructure (designated specialists), and compliance enforcement (penalties for non-compliance). It is fundamentally a public-accountability and survivor-protection statute, not a funding or subsidy bill.

What the text implies

• Colleges must disclose detailed statistics on sexual assault and harassment cases, including outcomes and sanctions, creating public accountability but potentially exposing institutional patterns of under-enforcement or bias in disciplinary processes.
• The requirement for confidential violence specialists separate from Title IX coordinators and campus security may create institutional friction over reporting obligations and confidentiality boundaries, particularly in smaller colleges.
• Amnesty policies for students reporting crimes may shield some student perpetrators from institutional discipline if they self-report, creating a potential loophole in accountability.
• The bill requires colleges to inform complainants that campus discipline is not equivalent to criminal justice, potentially discouraging some survivors from pursuing institutional remedies.
• Colleges enrolling fewer than 1,000 students may partner to share specialists, potentially reducing survivor access to immediate on-campus confidential support.

Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.

Who it affects

Survivors of campus sexual assault gain confidential reporting channels, trauma-informed support, and documented accountability through public statistics. Colleges face compliance costs and penalties but are required to implement evidence-based protections and transparency measures that reduce barriers to reporting and improve institutional response.

Who stands to gain

• colleges and universities (compliance support and training resources from Department of Education)
• victim advocacy organizations (potential partnerships and contracts for specialist training and serv

Named in the bill

Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Department of Justice, Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, Title IX, Violence Against Women Act, institutions of higher education, sexual and interpersonal violence specialists, Title IX coordinators

Where it stands

5 cosponsors: 4 Democrats, 1 Republicans.

• Oct 6, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Oct 6, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for…”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.