Bill Commons

TX SB 991

enacted

Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent and truant 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) · upper

Introduced
2025-01-29
Status date
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bettencourtprimary
  • González, Maryprimary
  • Moodyprimary
  • VanDeaverprimary
  • Garcia, Lindaprimary
  • Bhojanicosponsor
  • Morales Shawcosponsor
  • Morales, Eddiecosponsor
  • Plesacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-29

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-01-29

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-13

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-13

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-25

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-25

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-25

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-25

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-04-01

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-04-01

    Vote taken in committee

  11. 2025-04-07

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-04-07

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  13. 2025-04-07

    Committee report printed and distributed

  14. 2025-04-16

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  15. 2025-04-16

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  16. 2025-04-16

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  17. 2025-04-16

    Vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-04-16

    Three day rule suspended

  19. 2025-04-16

    Record vote

  20. 2025-04-16

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  21. 2025-04-16

    Passed

    passage

  22. 2025-04-16

    Record vote

  23. 2025-04-16

    Reported engrossed

  24. 2025-04-17

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  25. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  26. 2025-04-22

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-05-01

    Considered in formal meeting

  28. 2025-05-01

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2025-05-10

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  30. 2025-05-10

    Committee report distributed

  31. 2025-05-10

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  32. 2025-05-16

    Considered in Calendars

  33. 2025-05-20

    Placed on General State Calendar

  34. 2025-05-20

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  35. 2025-05-20

    Passed to 3rd reading

  36. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  37. 2025-05-20

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  38. 2025-05-21

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  39. 2025-05-21

    Passed

    passage

  40. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  41. 2025-05-21

    House passage reported

    passage

  42. 2025-05-21

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  43. 2025-05-22

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  44. 2025-05-22

    Signed in the House

    passage

  45. 2025-05-22

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  46. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  47. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-20 · pass · 90-34

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

    2025-05-21 · pass · 100-44

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

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