---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the number of school marshals that may be appointed to serve on a public school campus or at a private school."
description: "Relating to the number of school marshals that may be appointed to serve on a public school campus or at a private school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1387"
citation: "Texas HB 1387 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Private (I0239)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Safety (I0740)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Creighton", "Dutton", "Hefner", "Pacheco", "Swanson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/997c349e-d986-4d23-95d1-662ff3775001"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01300_HB01399/HB 1387.xml"
source_hash: "2cdc81929b510f7196a4c7f7f06067dda188bece0a7dd1771fd3d7a196fea7a6"
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 1387 (86) — Relating to the number of school marshals that may be appointed to serve on a public school campus or at a private school.

## 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/HB01387I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **82–57** (pass) · lower
- passage — **97–46** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Dutton — primary (person)
- Hefner — primary (person)
- Pacheco — primary (person)
- Swanson — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-05-08** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-15** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-06** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/997c349e-d986-4d23-95d1-662ff3775001`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).