89R1028 JTZ-D
By: Metcalf H.B. No. 1458
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the armed security officers required to be present at
public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.0814(b), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) A security officer described by Subsection (a) must be:
(1) a school district peace officer;
(2) a school resource officer; [or]
(3) a commissioned peace officer employed as security
personnel under Section 37.081;
(4) a reserve deputy sheriff appointed under Section
85.004, Local Government Code, who is a peace officer as described
by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(5) an honorably retired peace officer, as that term
is defined by Section 614.121, Government Code, who has:
(A) kept their commission as a peace officer in
active status; and
(B) fulfilled all applicable requirements under
Sections 1701.351, 1701.3525, and 1701.357, Occupations Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.