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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to policies, procedures, and measures for school safety in public schools."
+description: "Relating to policies, procedures, and measures for school safety in public schools."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 3597"
+citation: "Texas HB 3597 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMINAL RECORDS (S0008)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER", "TEXAS (V0224)", "Safety (I0740)", "TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY (U0215)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Metcalf", "Paxton"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-10"
+last_action: "2021-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b56b397c-f2a0-4e6c-a7dd-c23f0c3c7f7e"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3597.xml"
+source_hash: "59b6c24c0933c7cf26895d33a9ff2f7b6621a5811f8303afdfb7127a251d436f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 3597 (87) — Relating to policies, procedures, and measures for school safety in public schools.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03597I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03597E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03597H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03597S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03597F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **139–9** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **139–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Metcalf — primary (person)
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-22** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-28** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-29** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2021-05-04** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2021-05-08** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2021-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-08** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-08** Record vote
+- **2021-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-08** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-10** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-21** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-25** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-18** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b56b397c-f2a0-4e6c-a7dd-c23f0c3c7f7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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