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CS/CS/HB 757: School Safety

GENERAL BILL by Budget Committee ; Judiciary Committee ; Salzman ; Rizo ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Chaney ; Gossett-Seidman ; Valdés

School Safety; Requires sheriffs to assist public postsecondary educational institutions in implementing guardian programs under certain provisions; authorizes public postsecondary educational institutions to participate in the school guardian program; requires a sheriff to establish a guardian training program or contract with certain other sheriff's offices to do so in certain circumstances; creates the offense of discharging a weapon or firearm within 1,000 feet of a school; provides that a person arrested for certain offenses must be held in custody until brought before the court for admittance to bail; ranks an offense created by the act on the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code; authorizes the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors to adopt rules and regulations, respectively, etc.

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
 Last Action: 3/12/2026 House - Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/12/2025 House • Filed
1/5/2026 House • Referred to Judiciary Committee
• Referred to Education & Employment Committee
• Referred to Budget Committee
• Now in Judiciary Committee
1/13/2026 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/23/2026 House • PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
1/27/2026 House • Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
• Reported out of Judiciary Committee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
1/28/2026 House • Referred to Education & Employment Committee
• Referred to Budget Committee
• Now in Education & Employment Committee
1/30/2026 House • Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
2/3/2026 House • Favorable by Education & Employment Committee
• Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
• Now in Budget Committee
2/6/2026 House • PCS added to Budget Committee agenda
2/10/2026 House • Favorable with CS by Budget Committee
2/11/2026 House • Reported out of Budget Committee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
2/12/2026 House • Bill referred to House Calendar
• Added to Second Reading Calendar
2/19/2026 House • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
2/25/2026 House • Read 2nd time
• Amendment 055721 adopted
• Amendment 429727 adopted
• Amendment 714819 adopted
• Amendment 872267 Failed
• Amendment 330695 Failed
• Amendment 347527 Failed
• Amendment 020155 Failed
• Added to Third Reading Calendar
• Read 3rd time
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 25
2/26/2026 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Rules
• Received
3/11/2026 Senate • Withdrawn from Rules
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Substituted for CS/CS/SB 896
• Read 2nd time
• Amendment(s) adopted (263022)
• Read 3rd time
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 10
3/11/2026 House • In Messages
3/12/2026 House • Added to Senate Message List
• Amendment 263022 Concur
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 88, NAYS 20
• Ordered engrossed, then enrolled