---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to immunity from liability of public and private schools and security personnel employed by those schools for certain actions of security personnel."
description: "Relating to immunity from liability of public and private schools and security personnel employed by those schools for certain actions of security personnel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1788"
citation: "Texas HB 1788 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Hughes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27b0ccdf-5b11-45ab-9880-6da20702120d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1788.xml"
source_hash: "1ad3882c6f512b659003364f9c1c59dd4da08bb4b8c392b0455e77cb078bdc18"
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 1788 (87) — Relating to immunity from liability of public and private schools and security personnel employed by those schools for certain actions of security personnel.

## 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/HB01788I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01788E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01788H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01788S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01788F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **18–13** (pass) · upper
- passage — **90–54** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hefner — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-24** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-20** Record vote
- **2021-04-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-20** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-21** Record vote
- **2021-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-21** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** 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/27b0ccdf-5b11-45ab-9880-6da20702120d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).