Bill Commons

TX HB 121

enacted

Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center, and public school safety and security requirements and resources.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 121 pass?

Yes. TX HB 121 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 121 about?

TX HB 121 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center, and public school safety and security requirements and resources.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 121?

King, Nichols are the primary sponsors of TX HB 121.

Introduced
2025-03-14
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Kingprimary
  • Nicholsprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-06-02

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  5. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

  6. 2025-05-31

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-30

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  8. 2025-05-30

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  9. 2025-05-30

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-05-30

    Record vote

  11. 2025-05-30

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  12. 2025-05-29

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  13. 2025-05-29

    Senate Amendments distributed

  14. 2025-05-29

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  15. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

  17. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  18. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-28

    Three day rule suspended

  20. 2025-05-28

    Vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-05-28

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  22. 2025-05-28

    Vote recorded in Journal

  23. 2025-05-28

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  24. 2025-05-28

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  25. 2025-05-28

    Vote recorded in Journal

  26. 2025-05-28

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  27. 2025-05-28

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  28. 2025-05-28

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  29. 2025-05-28

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  30. 2025-05-27

    Placed on intent calendar

  31. 2025-05-26

    Committee report printed and distributed

  32. 2025-05-26

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2025-05-26

    Vote taken in committee

  34. 2025-05-26

    Considered in public hearing

  35. 2025-05-20

    Left pending in committee

  36. 2025-05-20

    Testimony taken in committee

  37. 2025-05-20

    Considered in public hearing

  38. 2025-05-20

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  39. 2025-05-15

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  40. 2025-05-15

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  41. 2025-04-24

    Received from the House

    introduction

  42. 2025-04-23

    Reported engrossed

  43. 2025-04-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-04-23

    Record vote

  45. 2025-04-23

    Passed as amended

    amendment-passage,passage

  46. 2025-04-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  47. 2025-04-23

    Record vote

  48. 2025-04-23

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  49. 2025-04-23

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  50. 2025-04-22

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  51. 2025-04-22

    Record vote

  52. 2025-04-22

    Passed to engrossment

  53. 2025-04-22

    Amendment withdrawn

    amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal

  54. 2025-04-22

    Amendment to amendment withdrawn

    withdrawal

  55. 2025-04-22

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  56. 2025-04-22

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  57. 2025-04-22

    Placed on General State Calendar

  58. 2025-04-17

    Considered in Calendars

  59. 2025-04-15

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  60. 2025-04-11

    Committee report distributed

  61. 2025-04-11

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  62. 2025-04-03

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  63. 2025-04-03

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  64. 2025-04-03

    Considered in formal meeting

  65. 2025-03-25

    Left pending in committee

  66. 2025-03-25

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  67. 2025-03-25

    Considered in public hearing

  68. 2025-03-14

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  69. 2025-03-14

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  70. 2025-03-13

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-22 · pass · 94-52

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Cain: no
    • Campos: no
    • Canales: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Flores: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Gates: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Martinez: no
    • Meza: no
    • Money: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Dean: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Wall: absent

  • passage

    2025-04-23 · pass · 119-27

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Cain: no
    • Canales: no
    • Collier: no
    • Flores: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Meza: no
    • Money: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker(C): not voting
    • Lopez: not voting
    • J: not voting
    • Bowers: absent
    • Simmon: absent

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 121 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-28 · pass · 30-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Miles: no

  • passage

    2025-05-30 · pass · 97-38

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Cain: no
    • Collier: no
    • Flores: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Kerwin: no
    • LaHood: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Louderback: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • Money: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Spiller: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • J: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Phela: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Leach: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • McLaughlin: absent
    • Reynolds: absent

Related bills

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 121.xml

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