---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to emergency school drills and exercises conducted by public schools."
description: "Relating to emergency school drills and exercises conducted by public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 168"
citation: "Texas SB 168 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison", "Blanco", "González, Mary", "Lopez", "Ordaz Perez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-11-10"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c2edfc8-bc9e-40ee-8d6d-40154b905b5c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00100_SB00199/SB 168.xml"
source_hash: "d46babeef97460f662ed69ff339065f0675cb51aba68c004e79c1e22be8a66bc"
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 168 (87) — Relating to emergency school drills and exercises conducted by 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/SB00168I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00168E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00168H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00168S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00168F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allison — primary (person)
- Blanco — primary (person)
- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Ordaz Perez — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2020-11-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-22** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-04** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-06** Co-author authorized
- **2021-05-06** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-06** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-06** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-06** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-06** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-06** Record vote
- **2021-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Record vote
- **2021-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-06** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-07** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-18** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** House passage reported
- **2021-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** 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/1c2edfc8-bc9e-40ee-8d6d-40154b905b5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).