Bill Text: TX HB1371 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to requiring an armed security officer at each school district campus.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to Youth Health & Safety, Select [HB1371 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1371-Introduced.html

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88R4299 JTZ-D
By: Schatzline H.B. No. 1371

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring an armed security officer at each school
district campus.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 37.0814 to read as follows:
Sec. 37.0814. ARMED SECURITY OFFICER REQUIRED. (a) The
board of trustees of each school district shall ensure that at least
one security officer carrying a handgun is present during regular
school hours at each district campus.
(b) A security officer described by Subsection (a) must be:
(1) a school district peace officer;
(2) a school resource officer;
(3) a commissioned peace officer employed as security
personnel under Section 37.081;
(4) a school marshal; or
(5) a school district employee who:
(A) has completed school safety training
provided by a qualified handgun instructor certified in school
safety under Section 411.1901, Government Code; and
(B) carries a handgun on school premises in
accordance with written regulations or written authorization of the
district under Section 46.03(a)(1)(A), Penal Code.
SECTION 2. Section 37.0814, Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.