H.B. No. 781

	AN ACT
	relating to the carrying and possession of a handgun by a public
	junior college school marshal.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 51.220(e), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(e)  Any written regulations adopted for purposes of
	Subsection (d):
	(1)  must:
	(A)  authorize [provide that] a school marshal to
	[may] carry a concealed handgun as described by Subsection (d); and
	(B)  [, except that if the primary duty of the
	school marshal involves regular, direct contact with students, the
	marshal may not carry a concealed handgun but may possess a handgun
	on the physical premises of a public junior college campus in a
	locked and secured safe within the marshal's immediate reach when
	conducting the marshal's primary duty. The written regulations must
	also] require [that] a handgun carried or possessed by [or within
	access of] a school marshal to [may] be loaded only with frangible
	duty ammunition approved for that purpose by the Texas Commission
	on Law Enforcement; and
	(2)  may not require a school marshal to store the
	handgun in a locked container while on duty.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
	academic year.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 781 was passed by the House on April
	29, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 104, Nays 43, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 781 was passed by the Senate on May
	20, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 20, Nays 11.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor