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TX SB 2185

enacted

Relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public school finance system.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 2185 pass?

Yes. TX SB 2185 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 2185 about?

TX SB 2185 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public school finance system.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 2185?

Dutton, Hinojosa, Adam are the primary sponsors of TX SB 2185, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-10
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Duttonprimary
  • Hinojosa, Adamprimary
  • Westcosponsor
  • Cookcosponsor
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Alvaradocosponsor
  • Middletoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-05-22

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-22

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-22

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-21

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-21

    House passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-20

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  10. 2025-05-20

    Passed

    passage

  11. 2025-05-20

    Laid out as postponed business

  12. 2025-05-20

    Postponed

  13. 2025-05-20

    Laid out as postponed business

  14. 2025-05-20

    Postponed

  15. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-20

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  17. 2025-05-20

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-20

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  20. 2025-05-20

    Laid out as postponed business

  21. 2025-05-19

    Postponed

  22. 2025-05-19

    Laid out as postponed business

  23. 2025-05-16

    Postponed

  24. 2025-05-16

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  25. 2025-05-15

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  26. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  27. 2025-05-15

    Passed to 3rd reading

  28. 2025-05-15

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  29. 2025-05-15

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  30. 2025-05-08

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  31. 2025-05-08

    Committee report distributed

  32. 2025-05-08

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  33. 2025-05-01

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  34. 2025-05-01

    Considered in formal meeting

  35. 2025-04-24

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  36. 2025-04-24

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  37. 2025-04-23

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  38. 2025-04-22

    Reported engrossed

  39. 2025-04-22

    Record vote

  40. 2025-04-22

    Passed

    passage

  41. 2025-04-22

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  42. 2025-04-22

    Record vote

  43. 2025-04-22

    Three day rule suspended

  44. 2025-04-22

    Vote recorded in Journal

  45. 2025-04-22

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  46. 2025-04-22

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  47. 2025-04-22

    Co-author authorized

  48. 2025-04-15

    Placed on intent calendar

  49. 2025-04-14

    Committee report printed and distributed

  50. 2025-04-14

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  51. 2025-04-10

    Vote taken in committee

  52. 2025-04-10

    Considered in public hearing

  53. 2025-04-10

    Co-author authorized

  54. 2025-04-08

    Left pending in committee

  55. 2025-04-08

    Testimony taken in committee

  56. 2025-04-08

    Considered in public hearing

  57. 2025-04-08

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  58. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  59. 2025-03-24

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  60. 2025-03-10

    Filed

    filing

  61. 2025-03-10

    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 SB 2185 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-22 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-05-15 · pass · 72-66

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Cook: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Ashby: no
    • Barry: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Cain: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Cortez: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Dorazio: no
    • Flores: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Harless: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Howard: no
    • Hull: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Longoria: no
    • Lopez, J.: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • Fischer: no
    • McLaughlin: no
    • McQueeney: no
    • Meza: no
    • Money: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales, E.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Ordaz: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Turner: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Walle: no
    • Wharton: no
    • Wilson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Schofiel: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Rose: absent
    • Shaheen: absent
    • Smithe: absent
    • Allen: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes

  • passage

    2025-05-20 · pass · 76-57

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Anchía: no
    • Barry: no
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bonnen: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Cain: no
    • Canales: no
    • Capriglione: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Flores: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Howard: no
    • Hull: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Kerwin: no
    • LaHood: no
    • Leach: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Meza: no
    • Money: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Noble: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Orr: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Paul: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Tepper: no
    • Turner: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Vo: no
    • Walle: no
    • Wu: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Ashby: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V.: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Cunningham: absent
    • Dean: absent
    • Garcia, J.: absent
    • Harrison: absent
    • Landgraf: absent
    • Little: absent
    • Louderback: absent
    • Luther: absent
    • Wharton: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2185.xml

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