Bill Text: TX HB3264 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of firearm safety instruction in the required health curriculum for public school students.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-03-20 - Referred to Public Education [HB3264 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB3264-Introduced.html
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| By: Howard | H.B. No. 3264 | |
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| relating to the inclusion of firearm safety instruction in the | ||
| required health curriculum for public school students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (u) to read as follows: | ||
| (u) In addition to any other essential knowledge and skills | ||
| the State Board of Education adopts for the health curriculum under | ||
| Subsection (a)(2)(B), the board shall adopt for the health | ||
| curriculum essential knowledge and skills that address topics | ||
| relating to firearm safety that: | ||
| (1) focus on accident prevention; | ||
| (2) promote the safety and protection of students; and | ||
| (3) emphasize how students should respond when | ||
| encountering a firearm. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 | ||
| 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, 2025. | ||
