---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of an open-enrollment charter school to employ security personnel, commission peace officers, and have school resource officers."
description: "Relating to the authority of an open-enrollment charter school to employ security personnel, commission peace officers, and have school resource officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 372"
citation: "Texas SB 372 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Safety (I0740)", "Weapons (I0887)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "VanDeaver"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c905375-5be8-49d8-ae37-5f9bae73b499"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 372.xml"
source_hash: "c37e12e7bfb49027a2026ec728c131a333f02891874a457c20d71b3d6a390709"
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 SB 372 (86) — Relating to the authority of an open-enrollment charter school to employ security personnel, commission peace officers, and have school resource officers.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00372I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **121–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)
- VanDeaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-16** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-16** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-21** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2019-05-21** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-24** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Read
- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c905375-5be8-49d8-ae37-5f9bae73b499`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).