2023S0172-1 02/21/23
By: Lozano H.B. No. 3720
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prohibition on a political subdivision limiting or
prohibiting a school activity or service in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 418.1087 to read as follows:
Sec. 418.1087. BAN ON COVID-19-RELATED SCHOOL CLOSURES OR
LIMITATIONS. The governing body of a political subdivision or its
presiding officer may not issue an order, enact an ordinance, or
take any other action that would limit or prohibit any school
activity or service in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
SECTION 2. 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.