Bill Text: TX HB801 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring safety vestibules on public school campuses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Referred to Youth Health & Safety, Select [HB801 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB801-Introduced.html
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By: Thierry | H.B. No. 801 |
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relating to requiring safety vestibules on public school campuses. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 37.1051 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 37.1051. SAFETY VESTIBULE. (a) This section applies | ||
only to a school district or open-enrollment charter school campus | ||
for which, on or after September 1, 2023: | ||
(1) construction begins; or | ||
(2) renovations begin that include a modification to | ||
the main entrance. | ||
(b) Each campus to which this section applies must limit | ||
public entry to the campus to a main entrance that has a safety | ||
vestibule. | ||
(c) A safety vestibule must have one or more interior doors | ||
in addition to the main outside entrance door to the campus. All | ||
the interior doors must be designed to be locked and unlocked by a | ||
means that is accessible only by a school district or | ||
open-enrollment charter school employee or campus security | ||
personnel. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |