One statewide standing order for public, charter and private schools.
The bill lets the state health commissioner, or the state's chief medical executive if the commissioner is not a doctor, issue one statewide standing order prescribing medication for respiratory distress to public, charter and private schools. It touches school districts, charter schools, private schools and the staff and volunteers trained to give the medication. Schools gain the legal authority to stock the medication without a patient-specific prescription and may contract with vendors for the medication, equipment and training, though nothing requires them to.
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Labels: GOT HALFWAY. Passed the Senate on Apr 24, 2025. Died in the House: never got out of the Public Education committee.
relating to the provision of medication for respiratory distress in
public and private schools.
WHAT IT DOES
One statewide standing order for public, charter and private schools.
The bill lets the state health commissioner, or the state's chief medical executive if the commissioner is not a doctor, issue one statewide standing order prescribing medication for respiratory distress to public, charter and private schools. It touches school districts, charter schools, private schools and the staff and volunteers trained to give the medication. Schools gain the legal authority to stock the medication without a patient-specific prescription and may contract with vendors for the medication, equipment and training, though nothing requires them to.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records final passage. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
CSSB 1325 (Johnson) Relating to contracting by public and private schools for the provision of medication for respiratory distress and training in administering that medication. (viva voce vote) (30-1) "Nay" Hall (30-1) "Nay" Hall
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 30 (published)
Nay: 1 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records suspension of the three-day rule. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
CSSB 1325 (Johnson) Relating to contracting by public and private schools for the provision of medication for respiratory distress and training in administering that medication. (viva voce vote) (30-1) "Nay" Hall (30-1) "Nay" Hall
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 30 (published)
Nay: 1 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records passage to engrossment. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.
Sources
CSSB 1325 (Johnson) Relating to contracting by public and private schools for the provision of medication for respiratory distress and training in administering that medication. (viva voce vote) (30-1) "Nay" Hall (30-1) "Nay" Hall
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Witnesses16
For
14
Against
0
On
2
Names
For
American Lung Association1 registration
Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE)1 registration
Self2 registrations
Self; Students Engaged in Advancing Texas1 registration
Self; Texas School Nurses Organization1 registration
89R8915 RAL-D
By: Johnson
S.B. No. 1325
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of medication for respiratory distress in
public and private schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.211, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b-1) The commissioner of state health services or, if the
commissioner is not a physician, the chief medical executive of the
Department of State Health Services may issue a statewide standing
order prescribing medication for respiratory distress to a school
district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school.
(c) The standing order under Subsection (b) or (b-1) is not
required to be patient-specific, and the epinephrine auto-injector
or medication for respiratory distress may be administered to a
person without a previously established physician-patient
relationship.
SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.2115 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.2115. CONTRACTING FOR MEDICATION FOR RESPIRATORY
DISTRESS AND TRAINING. The board of trustees of a school district
or governing body of an open-enrollment charter school or private
school may contract with a vendor to provide:
(1) medication for respiratory distress and related
equipment to the district or school; and
(2) training to school personnel and school volunteers
authorized to administer medication for respiratory distress under
this subchapter.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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