2023S0172-1 02/21/23     By: Lozano H.B. No. 3720     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the prohibition on a political subdivision limiting or   prohibiting a school activity or service in response to the   COVID-19 pandemic.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 418, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 418.1087 to read as follows:          Sec. 418.1087.  BAN ON COVID-19-RELATED SCHOOL CLOSURES OR   LIMITATIONS. The governing body of a political subdivision or its   presiding officer may not issue an order, enact an ordinance, or   take any other action that would limit or prohibit any school   activity or service in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024   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, 2023.