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2025 · Regular session · Senate bill

SB1177

SB1177 adds checks of campus automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to legally required fire-safety inspections of public and private schools, expressly including open-enrollment charter schools.

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Official caption: Relating to fire safety inspections at public and private schools.

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SB1177 adds checks of campus automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to legally required fire-safety inspections of public and private schools, expressly including open-enrollment charter schools.
The inspector must provide the written report and relevant findings paperwork to the public school’s principal and applicable district superintendent, or to a private school’s director.
The Texas Commission on Fire Protection’s minimum training curriculum for covered fire-personnel training programs must include instruction on these school fire-safety inspections.

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What does it do?

SB1177 adds checks of campus automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to legally required fire-safety inspections of public and private schools, expressly including open-enrollment charter schools. Each campus AED must be examined for full functionality, including unexpired pads and battery and a status light indicating readiness. A campus representative must present each device for inspection. The law adds requirements to inspections required by state or local law, rule, regulation or ordinance; it does not itself set a new inspection schedule or require every school to buy an AED. Final law, section 2; Referenced AED definition.

The inspector must provide the written report and relevant findings paperwork to the public school’s principal and applicable district superintendent, or to a private school’s director. When providing it, the inspector must record on the report the delivery method, time and date. The report must be filed at the campus and organized by the year of inspection. Final law, section 2.

The Texas Commission on Fire Protection’s minimum training curriculum for covered fire-personnel training programs must include instruction on these school fire-safety inspections. The act leaves the existing inspection qualifications and fire-code framework in place. Signed May 29, 2025, it took effect September 1, 2025. Final law, sections 1 and 3; Existing inspection framework; Official history.

What changed along the way?

The introduced bill also would have required examining each campus vaccine and over-the-counter medication for expiration. The Senate committee substitute removed that proposal, so it is not part of this enacted law. The substitute added the requirement that a campus representative present the AEDs, specified who receives the report and relevant paperwork, required delivery details to be entered when the report is provided, and added campus filing by inspection year. Introduced proposal; Senate substitute; Final law.

The engrossed, House committee and final versions retain the substitute’s operative requirements. The official amendment index lists no floor amendments; the changes described above came through the committee substitute, not an adopted floor amendment. Text-version index; Amendment index; Final law.

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Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?

Students, staff and visitors may benefit if inspections identify an AED that is not ready for an emergency. Schools must make devices available and retain reports; inspectors gain examination and reporting duties, and training programs must include the subject. The act does not quantify lives saved, guarantee a successful emergency response or prescribe a replacement-parts budget. Final law.

The April 6 introduced and April 11 substitute fiscal notes anticipate no significant state or local fiscal implication. They say the commission might need to contract with a medical professional during rule development but assume costs can be absorbed with existing resources. That is a budget estimate, not a claim that schools or inspectors have no additional work; the bill makes no new appropriation. Introduced fiscal note; Substitute fiscal note.

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