Editor’s Note: This article originally came from The North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC). https://nicfraternity.org/congress-passes-stop-campus-hazing-act/
Indianapolis, December 11, 2024 — The North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) is pleased to announce that the 118th Congress passed the Stop Campus Hazing Act (S. 2901, H.R. 5646) earlier this evening.
A founding member of the Anti-Hazing Coalition (AHC) — comprised of parents who lost their sons in senseless hazing-related deaths, the NIC, the National Panhellenic Conference, Hazing Prevention Network and other organizations — the NIC has advocated for state and federal anti-hazing legislation for nearly a decade.
“The Stop Campus Hazing Act will bring transparency to make a lasting cultural change in student organizations and on university campuses,” said NIC President and CEO Judson Horras. “Our member fraternities firmly believe that hazing has no place in the fraternity experience and every student has the right to learn and thrive in a safe and healthy campus environment.”
We would like to thank the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, the bill’s sponsors Rep. Jeff Duncan, Rep. Lucy McBath, Sen. Bill Cassidy and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, each co-sponsor in the House and Senate, and the AHC parents who have advocated for this federal legislation in the most difficult of times.
While we are excited by the passage of the Stop Campus Hazing Act, this is an important milestone, not the finish line. We have more work to do to eradicate hazing from all student organizations.
“NIC member fraternities stand united in providing positive, hazing-free, meaningful membership experiences that strengthen and develop young men,” continued Horras.
