Most recently on Wednesday, May 3, detectives from the sheriff’s department responded to a call from EPISD police at Memorial Junior High regarding an incident in which nude pictures of a female student had been shared with her classmates without her consent. According to reports, the young girl had sent the photos to her boyfriend, who later sent them to his female friend after an argument with his girlfriend. The female friend then sent the pictures to a multitude of students. This type of incident is sadly something that occurs on a daily basis across the nation, and is often worsened because of online accessibility and other forms of mass communication. It is for those reasons that the Texas Senate, at the urging of advocacy groups, unanimously approved David’s Law on May 3. SB179, or David’s Law, is a bill that will concentrate efforts on stopping cyber-bullying making it a Class A misdemeanor to harass or bully someone under the age of 18 through a mobile device or computer, websites, text messaging, social media, or any other means within the definitions of the senate bill with the intent of causing those individuals to commit suicide or harm themselves in any manner. SB 178 also contains provisions that will enable for temporary restraining orders to be taken on social media accounts used to bully children, school district parent notification requirements of bullying, and will require school districts to put in place a form of anonymity for individuals to be able to report any type of bullying with an immunity clause under bill. SB179 now goes before the Texas House of Representatives for consideration moving one step closer to becoming law. David’s Law was penned by Sen. Jose Menendez in honor of 16-year-old David Molak who tragically committed suicide after an Instagram taunt became an attack on his person with multiple profane messages and threats by many people. Maverick County sadly has had various similar incidents in which young people have taken their own lives because of problems with bullying and chronic harassment. April 30 was the 1 year anniversary of the death of 16-year-old, Eagle Pass citizen Jonathan Sanchez, who succumbed to wounds he sustained during a suicide attempt on April 27, 2016.