Bill Amendment: TX HB13 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature

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Bill Title: Relating to training, preparedness, and funding for school safety and emergencies in public schools.

Status: 2023-05-02 - Referred to Education [HB13 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB13-House_Amendment_H_2_11-Morales_Shaw.html

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Amend CSHB 13 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 37.089 to read as follows:

Sec. 37.089.  ROLE OF PERSONS CARRYING A FIREARM ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a person permitted to carry a firearm on the campus of a school district may not perform the routine law enforcement duties of a peace officer, including making arrests, unless the duty is performed in response to an emergency that poses a threat of death or serious bodily injury to a student, school district employee, or other individual at the district campus.

(b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a commissioned peace officer who is assigned law enforcement duties that are included in campus and district documents describing the role of peace officers in the district as required by Section 37.081(d).