---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a memorandum of understanding between public or private primary or secondary schools authorizing a school marshal of one school to act as a school marshal at the other school during an event at which both schools participate."
description: "Relating to a memorandum of understanding between public or private primary or secondary schools authorizing a school marshal of one school to act as a school marshal at the other school during an event at which both schools participate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 3623"
citation: "Texas HB 3623 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Middleton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/936fb6e4-2e56-465f-86a2-060abf8a2e99"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03600_HB03699/HB 3623.xml"
source_hash: "6969a6d21d63baff63ddb92e08b41765fd7f8edfb7f07d66f5277b760eda960e"
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 3623 (88) — Relating to a memorandum of understanding between public or private primary or secondary schools authorizing a school marshal of one school to act as a school marshal at the other school during an event at which both schools participate.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB03623I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03623E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03623H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03623S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03623F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Hefner — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Youth Health & Safety, Select `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-01** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-06** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-06** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-06** Record vote
- **2023-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-10** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-17** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-18** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-18** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-23** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** 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/936fb6e4-2e56-465f-86a2-060abf8a2e99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).