Monitoring the SessionSB 1543
Died in committee
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to safety training for certain public school extracurricular activities.
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Coaches and sponsors learn to recognize it.
The bill adds rhabdomyolysis to the list of potentially catastrophic injuries that school safety training for extracurricular activities must teach people to recognize. It touches coaches, sponsors and other participants in the existing public school extracurricular safety training program. Starting with the 2025-2026 school year, that training must cover spotting rhabdomyolysis alongside concussions, heatstroke, cardiac arrest and the other listed conditions.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R SB 979 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R SB 979 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Feb 21, 2025 and referred to the Senate Education K-16 committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-SB1543 · 2025-02-21
relating to safety training for certain public school extracurricular activities.
Coaches and sponsors learn to recognize it.
The bill adds rhabdomyolysis to the list of potentially catastrophic injuries that school safety training for extracurricular activities must teach people to recognize. It touches coaches, sponsors and other participants in the existing public school extracurricular safety training program. Starting with the 2025-2026 school year, that training must cover spotting rhabdomyolysis alongside concussions, heatstroke, cardiac arrest and the other listed conditions.
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Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Sen. Campbell, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, May 15, 2023: Referred to Public Education
Relating to safety training for certain public school extracurricular activities.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Feb 21, 2025
03/06/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Senate committee · Education K-16 · Final status: Died in committee
Education--Primary & Secondary--Extracurricular Activities
Minors--Health & Safety
The text as introduced · 212 words
89R1044 PRL-D By: Campbell S.B. No. 1543 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to safety training for certain public school extracurricular activities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 33.202(c), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) The safety training program must include: (1) certification of participants by the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or a similar organization or by the University Interscholastic League; (2) current training in: (A) emergency action planning; (B) communicating effectively with 9-1-1 emergency service operators and other emergency personnel; and (C) recognizing symptoms of potentially catastrophic injuries, including head and neck injuries, concussions, injuries related to second impact syndrome, asthma attacks, heatstroke, rhabdomyolysis, cardiac arrest, and injuries requiring use of a defibrillator; and (3) a safety drill that incorporates the training described by Subdivision (2) and simulates various injuries described by Subdivision (2)(C). SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. 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.