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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the open carrying of a handgun by a uniformed school marshal."
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description: "Relating to the open carrying of a handgun by a uniformed school marshal."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "SB 870"
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citation: "Texas SB 870 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Slawson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-22"
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last_action: "2025-05-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b71346ac-9ead-4747-ba74-26b03fea70d0"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 870.xml"
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source_hash: "01941295cc21debcfb3e2123add7950845306679fc118c51cd1e533cefdcd24f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 870 (89R) — Relating to the open carrying of a handgun by a uniformed school marshal.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00870I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00870E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00870H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00870S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00870F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **110–35** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Birdwell — primary (person)
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- Slawson — primary (person)
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- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
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- Hall — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-22** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-03-25** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-01** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-07** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-04-09** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-04-14** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-04-23** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-04-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-04-23** Record vote
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- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-23** Record vote
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- **2025-04-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-04-24** Record vote
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- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Record vote
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- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-28** Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-02** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-05** Laid out in lieu of companion
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- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-05** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
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- **2025-05-05** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-05** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Record vote
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- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-06** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-07** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-07** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-19** Effective immediately `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b71346ac-9ead-4747-ba74-26b03fea70d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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