Bill Text: TX HB801 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 801

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

	88R3160 AMF-D

	By: Thierry	H.B. No. 801



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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.