Bill Commons

TX SB 865

enacted

Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators and to a cardiac emergency response plan for certain school employees and volunteers.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 865 pass?

Yes. TX SB 865 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX SB 865 about?

TX SB 865 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators and to a cardiac emergency response plan for certain school employees and volunteers.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 865?

Alvarado, Leach are the primary sponsors of TX SB 865, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-01-22
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Alvaradoprimary
  • Leachprimary
  • Campbellcosponsor
  • Paxtoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-06-02

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-31

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-31

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  8. 2025-05-30

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-30

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-30

    Read

  11. 2025-05-30

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  12. 2025-05-28

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-28

    Passed as amended

    amendment-passage,passage

  16. 2025-05-28

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  17. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  18. 2025-05-27

    Reason for vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  20. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  21. 2025-05-27

    Passed to 3rd reading

  22. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  23. 2025-05-25

    Placed on General State Calendar

  24. 2025-05-23

    Considered in Calendars

  25. 2025-05-22

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  26. 2025-05-21

    Committee report distributed

  27. 2025-05-21

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  28. 2025-05-20

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2025-05-20

    Considered in public hearing

  30. 2025-05-08

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-05-08

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  32. 2025-05-07

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  33. 2025-05-07

    Reported engrossed

  34. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  35. 2025-05-07

    Passed

    passage

  36. 2025-05-07

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  37. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  38. 2025-05-07

    Three day rule suspended

  39. 2025-05-07

    Vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-05-07

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  41. 2025-05-07

    Vote recorded in Journal

  42. 2025-05-07

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  43. 2025-05-07

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  44. 2025-05-07

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  45. 2025-05-07

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  46. 2025-05-07

    Placed on intent calendar

  47. 2025-05-06

    Not again placed on intent calendar

  48. 2025-05-05

    Placed on intent calendar

  49. 2025-04-30

    Committee report printed and distributed

  50. 2025-04-30

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  51. 2025-04-30

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  52. 2025-04-29

    Vote taken in committee

  53. 2025-04-29

    Considered in public hearing

  54. 2025-04-22

    Co-author authorized

  55. 2025-04-15

    Left pending in committee

  56. 2025-04-15

    Testimony taken in committee

  57. 2025-04-15

    Considered in public hearing

  58. 2025-04-15

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  59. 2025-02-13

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  60. 2025-02-13

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  61. 2025-01-22

    Filed

    filing

  62. 2025-01-22

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 865 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-07 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-05-27 · pass · 121-15

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Allen: 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
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: 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
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Cain: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker(C): not voting
    • Virdel: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • V: absent
    • Craddick: absent
    • Dorazio: absent
    • Hopper: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • Phelan: absent
    • Pierson: absent
    • Simmons: absent
    • Slawson: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 122-17

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: 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
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Cain: no
    • Craddick: no
    • Curry: no
    • Dorazio: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • Money: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Anchía: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Little: absent
    • Morales: absent
    • C: absent
    • Virdel: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-30 · pass · 31-0

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