---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the carrying or storage of a handgun by a school marshal."
description: "Relating to the carrying or storage of a handgun by a school marshal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 741"
citation: "Texas SB 741 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONCEALED HANDGUNS (S0241)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Sanford"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/859efbaf-8f58-4ada-b35a-93ef37c465fe"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 741.xml"
source_hash: "6a3c2319216af2254f381715bdad072e3878d99e9a5c09f635c7d79d11300566"
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 741 (87) — Relating to the carrying or storage of a handgun by a school marshal.

## 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/SB00741I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00741E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00741H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00741S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00741F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **18–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **91–53** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Sanford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-23** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-27** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-03** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-03** Record vote
- **2021-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Record vote
- **2021-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-04** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-05** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-12** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** House passage reported
- **2021-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/859efbaf-8f58-4ada-b35a-93ef37c465fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).