TX HB 213

died on adjournment

Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 213 pass?

No. TX HB 213 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-04-22): Received from the House

What is TX HB 213 about?

TX HB 213 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 213?

González, Mary, Moody, VanDeaver and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 213, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-02-27
Latest action: 2025-04-22 — Received from the House
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2025-04-22
Received from the House
introduction
2025-04-17
Reported engrossed
2025-04-17
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-17
Record vote
2025-04-17
Passed
passage
2025-04-17
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-04-17
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-17
Record vote
2025-04-17
Passed to engrossment
2025-04-17
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-04-16
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-04-14
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-01
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-03-31
Committee report distributed
2025-03-31
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-03-25
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-25
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-18
Left pending in committee
2025-03-18
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-03-18
Considered in public hearing
2025-02-27
Referred to Public Education
referral-committee
2025-02-27
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2024-11-12
Filed
filing

Versions

IntroducedCompare
House Committee ReportCompare
EngrossedCompare
(document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

passage
2025-04-16 · pass · 101-46
Member-level votes (151)
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Alders: no
- Cain: no
- Cook: no
- Cunningham: no
- DeAyala: no
- Dorazio: no
- Gates: no
- Harris Davila: no
- Harrison: no
- Hayes: no
- Hefner: no
- Hickland: no
- Hopper: no
- Hull: no
- Isaac: no
- Kerwin: no
- LaHood: no
- Leach: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Little: no
- Lowe: no
- Luther: no
- Metcalf: no
- Money: no
- Morgan: no
- Noble: no
- Olcott: no
- Oliverson: no
- Patterson: no
- Paul: no
- Pierson: no
- Richardson: no
- Schatzline: no
- Schofield: no
- Shaheen: no
- Shofner: no
- Slawson: no
- Smithee: no
- Spiller: no
- Swanson: no
- Tepper: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Troxclair: no
- Vasut: no
- Virdell: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Campos: absent
- Col: absent
passage
2025-04-17 · pass · 101-44
Member-level votes (154)
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Alders: no
- Cain: no
- Cook: no
- Cunningham: no
- DeAyala: no
- Dorazio: no
- Harris Davila: no
- Harrison: no
- Hayes: no
- Hefner: no
- Hickland: no
- Hopper: no
- Hull: no
- Isaac: no
- Kerwin: no
- LaHood: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Little: no
- Lowe: no
- Lozano: no
- Luther: no
- Money: no
- Morgan: no
- Noble: no
- Olcott: no
- Oliverson: no
- Patterson: no
- Paul: no
- Pierson: no
- Richardson: no
- Schatzline: no
- Schoolcraft: no
- Shaheen: no
- Shofner: no
- Slawson: no
- Smithee: no
- Spiller: no
- Swanson: no
- Tepper: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Troxclair: no
- Vasut: no
- Wilson: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Jones: absent
- V: absent
- Morales Sha: absent
- Garcia: absent
- J: absent
- Metcal: absent

Related bills

Companion bill: SB 56
Companion bill: SB 991
Companion bill: HB 2236

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 213.xml

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