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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center, and public school safety and security requirements and resources."
description: "Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center, and public school safety and security requirements and resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 121"
citation: "Texas HB 121 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALAMO", "THE (S0070)", "City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Extracurricular Activities (I0247)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Facilities (I0241)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "GENERAL LAND OFFICE (V2808)", "Governor (I0375)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER", "TEXAS (V0224)", "Safety (I0740)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 70
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-03-13"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd95f345-2b65-4fce-aafb-40b901f0b03d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 121.xml"
source_hash: "6cd9d825b8897695adcbb104bf4bc3ce7e69180ed773d1175b9c7cd4f4f66cb8"
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 121 (89R) — Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center, and public school safety and security requirements and resources.
## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB00121I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00121E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00121H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00121S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00121F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **11927** (pass) · lower
- passage — **9452** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 121 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **301** (pass) · upper
- passage — **9738** (pass) · upper
- passage — **9738** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- King — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-22** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Amendment to amendment withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-22** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2025-04-22** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-22** Record vote
- **2025-04-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-23** Record vote
- **2025-04-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-23** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2025-04-23** Record vote
- **2025-04-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-23** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-15** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-20** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-26** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-27** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-30** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd95f345-2b65-4fce-aafb-40b901f0b03d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).