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Bill would require universities to request DPSST disciplinary records for campus security hires
Summary
Senators heard testimony on House Bill 2551, which would require public universities to request disciplinary records from the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) before appointing special campus security officers; witnesses said the change restores a record-check practice removed in 2015.
House Bill 2551 would require public university governing boards to request and review disciplinary records from the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training before appointing special campus security officers.
The measure, presented to the Senate Education Committee on April 16, 2025, is aimed at giving universities access to employment and disciplinary records that some witnesses said were previously available until 2015. Representative Zac Hudson, the bill sponsor, told the committee that special campus security officers "may make probable cause arrests like police officers," but they are not sworn officers, and that universities…
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