Congresswoman Frederica Wilson announced Tuesday that she will introduce an anti-hazing bill to congress in January.
Representative Wilson said she is calling for the bill because she wants to see action at the federal level and prevent a death like that of Florida A&M's drum major Robert Champion, she said in a statement.
"Hazing is demeaning, dangerous, and sadly, deadly," said Wilson. "It's time to put an end to this horrible and humiliating ritual once and for all, so that no more students suffer the way that Robert and others have."
Wilson has previously combated hazing during her time as a sorority director at Howard University as well as when she was a principal, the statement said. She also says she was nicknamed "haze buster" by a reporter.
Wilson said she is currently meeting with college presidents, band members and fraternity and sorority leaders to create a "strong bill" for next month.
The bill follows Champion's death as well as three FAMU students who were charged in an October hazing beating of a woman that was so sever, her thigh was broken.
