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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 87(R)

Senate Bill 741

Senate Author:  Birdwell

Effective:  9-1-21

House Sponsor:  Sanford


            Senate Bill 741 amends the Education Code to revise provisions relating to the carrying and storage of a handgun by a school marshal. Among other provisions, the bill provides express authority for any school marshal appointed by the board of trustees of a public school district, the governing body of an open‑enrollment charter school or private school, or the governing board of a public junior college to carry a concealed handgun on the applicable physical premises and on the school marshal's person, regardless of the marshal's primary duties and subject to certain written regulations adopted by the applicable governing body.