Representatives Lucy McBath (D) and Glen Thompson (R) have announced a new resolution to recognize September 22-26, 2025, as “National Hazing Awareness Week." The resolution remembers the hundreds of students who have died or suffered severe, life-altering injuries as a result of collegiate hazing and promotes efforts to prevent this dangerous practice.
This is a follow-up on House Resolution (HR) 5646, also known as the Stop Campus Hazing Act, which was signed into law in December 2024. That bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs to report incidents of hazing.
Additionally, HR 5646 requires each IHE to disclose hazing incidents that were reported to campus security authorities or local police agencies in its annual security report.
Each IHE must also include in its annual security report a statement of current policies relating to hazing, how to report hazing incidents, the process used to investigate hazing incidents, and information on applicable laws on hazing.
IHEs must also provide a statement of policy regarding prevention and awareness programs relating to hazing that includes a description of prevention programs.
Furthermore, an IHE must develop a campus hazing transparency report that summarizes findings concerning any student organization found to violate the IHE's standards of conduct relating to hazing. An IHE is not required to develop or update this report unless the IHE has a finding of a hazing violation.
McBath’s work to prevent hazing and punish its remnants is expansive, and this new resolution to remember its victims is further evidence of that. She commented on the importance of this work and cited her personal experience with violence as her motivation.
“I know what it's like to lose a loved one to violence, and no parent should ever have to bury their child," she recounted. "I have been honored to work with families and advocates to pass legislation to end campus hazing.
I led my colleagues in introducing a resolution recognizing National Hazing Awareness Week. Hazing has claimed far too many lives, and no parent should have to bury their child.
Now that my bipartisan Stop Campus Hazing Act is law, we’re working to ensure greater transparency…
— Rep. Lucy McBath (@RepLucyMcBath) September 25, 2025
