By: Alvarado S.B. No. 1177
(In the Senate - Filed February 7, 2025; February 28, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government;
April 14, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 14, 2025,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1177 By: Gutierrez
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to fire safety inspections at public and private schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 419.029, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 419.029. TRAINING CURRICULUM. (a) The commission may
establish minimum curriculum requirements for preparatory,
in-service, and advanced courses and programs for a school operated
by or for this state or a local government specifically for training
fire protection personnel or recruits.
(b) The minimum curriculum requirements established by the
commission under Subsection (a) must require training on conducting
a fire safety inspection at a public or private school in accordance
with Section 419.909.
SECTION 2. Section 419.909, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and (b-3) to read as follows:
(b-1) A fire safety inspection of a public or private
school, including an open-enrollment charter school, required by a
state or local law, rule, regulation, or ordinance must include an
examination of each automated external defibrillator, as defined by
Section 779.001, Health and Safety Code, on the school campus to
determine whether the defibrillator is fully functional, which must
include verifying that that defibrillator's pads and battery have
not expired and that the defibrillator's status indicator light
indicates that the device is ready for use. A representative of the
school campus shall present each automated external defibrillator
for inspection.
(b-2) A person who conducts a fire safety inspection
described by Subsection (b-1) must:
(1) provide a written report of the inspection and any
relevant paperwork pertaining to the findings of the inspection to:
(A) if the inspection is of a public school, the
principal of the school and the superintendent of the applicable
school district; or
(B) if the inspection is of a private school, the
director of the school; and
(2) at the time the person provides the report as
required by Subdivision (1), indicate on the report the method by
which, and the time and date on which, the person provided the
report to the appropriate person under that subdivision.
(b-3) The report required under Subsection (b-2) must be
filed:
(1) at the school campus to which the report relates;
and
(2) according to the year in which the inspection
occurred.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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