CS/CS/HB 757: School Safety

GENERAL BILL by Budget Committee, Judiciary Committee, Salzman, Rizo; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Chaney, Gossett-Seidman, Valdés

School Safety; Requires sheriffs to assist public postsecondary educational institutions in implementing guardian programs under certain provisions; authorizes public postsecondary educational institutions to participate in the school guardian program; requires a sheriff to establish a guardian training program or contract with certain other sheriff's offices to do so in certain circumstances; creates the offense of discharging a weapon or firearm within 1,000 feet of a school; provides that a person arrested for certain offenses must be held in custody until brought before the court for admittance to bail; ranks an offense created by the act on the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code; authorizes the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors to adopt rules and regulations, respectively, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 3/13/2026 08:55 AM

• Senate Committee References (1)

  1. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  S 896 (c2) by Gaetz School Safety Last Action: 3/11/2026 S Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 757 -SJ 824	Similar

• Citations - Statute (12)

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  30.15	Powers, duties, and obligations.	Page 3 (pdf)
  402.305	Licensing standards; child care facilities.	Page 34 (pdf)
  790.115	Possessing or discharging weapons or firearms at a school-sponsored event or on school property prohibited; penalties; exceptions.	Page 13 (pdf)
  843.08	False personation.	Page 35 (pdf)
  921.0022	Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart.	Page 14 (pdf)
  943.03	Department of Law Enforcement.	Page 36 (pdf)
  943.082	School Safety Awareness Program.	Page 25 (pdf)
  1001.212	Office of Safe Schools.	Page 37 (pdf)
  1003.25	Procedures for maintenance and transfer of student records.	Page 25 (pdf)
  1006.07	District school board duties relating to student discipline and school safety.	Page 26 (pdf)
  1006.12	Safe-school officers at each public school.	Page 38 (pdf)
  1006.601		Page 31 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  12/12/2025	H	• Filed
  1/5/2026	H	• Referred to Judiciary Committee • Referred to Education & Employment Committee • Referred to Budget Committee • Now in Judiciary Committee
  1/13/2026	H	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  1/23/2026	H	• PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
  1/27/2026	H	• Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee • Reported out of Judiciary Committee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  1/28/2026	H	• Referred to Education & Employment Committee • Referred to Budget Committee • Now in Education & Employment Committee
  1/30/2026	H	• Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
  2/3/2026	H	• Favorable by Education & Employment Committee • Reported out of Education & Employment Committee • Now in Budget Committee
  2/6/2026	H	• PCS added to Budget Committee agenda
  2/10/2026	H	• Favorable with CS by Budget Committee
  2/11/2026	H	• Reported out of Budget Committee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
  2/12/2026	H	• Bill referred to House Calendar • Added to Second Reading Calendar
  2/19/2026	H	• Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
  2/25/2026	H	• Read 2nd time • Amendment 055721 adopted • Amendment 429727 adopted • Amendment 714819 adopted • Amendment 872267 Failed • Amendment 330695 Failed • Amendment 347527 Failed • Amendment 020155 Failed • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 25
  2/26/2026	S	• In Messages • Referred to Rules • Received
  3/11/2026	S	• Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 824 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Substituted for CS/CS/SB 896 -SJ 824 • Read 2nd time -SJ 824 • Amendment(s) adopted (263022) -SJ 824 • Read 3rd time -SJ 824 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 10 -SJ 824
  3/11/2026	H	• In Messages
  3/12/2026	H	• Added to Senate Message List • Amendment 263022 Concur • CS passed as amended; YEAS 88, NAYS 20 • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
  5/11/2026		• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
  5/15/2026		• Approved by Governor
  5/18/2026		• Chapter No. 2026-80