88R4357 JTZ-D     By: Schatzline H.B. No. 1370       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring a single entrance to a public school campus;   creating a criminal offense.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 37.1051 to read as follows:          Sec. 37.1051.  SINGLE ENTRANCE REQUIRED; OFFENSE. (a) A   school district or open-enrollment charter school shall adopt a   policy that:                (1)  limits public entry to each district or school   campus to a single entrance; and                (2)  requires each external door to a district or   school campus, other than the entrance designated under Subdivision   (1), to be closed and locked to entry.          (b)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school   shall post on each external door to a district or school campus,   other than the entrance designated under Subsection (a)(1), a   conspicuous sign that states that:                (1)  the door is not a public entrance and may not be:                      (A)  used to allow another person to enter; or                      (B)  left open, unsecured, and unattended; and                (2)  use of the door in a manner described by   Subdivision (1) may constitute an offense under this section.          (c)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly   opens an external door to a school district or open-enrollment   charter school campus, other than the entrance designated under   Subsection (a)(1), and:                (1)  allows another person to enter the campus through   that door; or                (2)  leaves the door open, unsecured, and unattended.          (d)  An offense under Subsection (c) is a state jail felony.          (e)  It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (c) that   at the time of the offense the person was acting:                (1)  in response to an emergency situation at the   school district or open-enrollment charter school campus; and                (2)  in the person's capacity as:                      (A)  a school district or open-enrollment charter   school peace officer, school resource officer, security personnel   member, or school marshal;                      (B)  a peace officer;                      (C)  a first responder or volunteer emergency   services personnel, as those terms are defined by Section 46.01,   Penal Code;                      (D)  an emergency medical services volunteer, as   defined by Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code; or                      (E)  the parent of or person standing in parental   relation to a student inside the campus.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.