Texas state lawmakers advanced a public school safety bill on Sunday requiring certain district employees to undergo mental health training and all campuses to staff at least one armed security guard during regular school hours.
Both chambers passed House Bill 3 just more than a year after a lone gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school — the third-deadliest mass school shooting in American history.
“It’s time to act,” Rep. Ken King (R-Canadian) said, according to The Texas Tribune. “We need to prevent the next Uvalde.”