Tex. Educ. Code § 37.125 · Subchapter E. PENAL PROVISIONS
EXHIBITION, USE, OR THREAT OF EXHIBITION OR USE OF FIREARMS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if, in a manner intended to cause alarm or personal injury to another person or to damage school property, the person intentionally:
(1) exhibits or uses a firearm:
(A) in or on any property, including a parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area, that is owned by a private or public school; or
(B) on a school bus being used to transport children to or from school-sponsored activities of a private or public school;
(2) threatens to exhibit or use a firearm in or on property described by Subdivision (1)(A) or on a bus described by Subdivision (1)(B) and was in possession of or had immediate access to the firearm; or
(3) threatens to exhibit or use a firearm in or on property described by Subdivision (1)(A) or on a bus described by Subdivision (1)(B).
(b) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) or (2) is a third degree felony.
(c) An offense under Subsection (a)(3) is a Class A misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 704 (H.B. 2112), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 795 (H.B. 2880), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.37.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Educ. Code § 37.125. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 37.0012DESIGNATION OF CAMPUS BEHAVIOR COORDINATOR.Printed as Section 37.125
- Tex. Educ. Code § 37.007EXPULSION FOR SERIOUS OFFENSES.Printed as Section 37.125
- Tex. Educ. Code § 37.0815TRANSPORTATION OR STORAGE OF FIREARM AND AMMUNITION BY LICENSE HOLDER IN SCHOOL PARKING AREA.Printed as Section 37.125
- Tex. Educ. Code § 37.126DISRUPTION OF TRANSPORTATION.Printed as Section 37.125
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