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TX HB 2243

vetoed

Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Teacher Job Satisfaction and Retention.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 2243 pass?

No. TX HB 2243 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2025-06-22): Vetoed by the Governor

What is TX HB 2243 about?

TX HB 2243 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Teacher Job Satisfaction and Retention.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 2243?

Creighton, Allen, Buckley and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 2243, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-14
Latest action
2025-06-22 — Vetoed by the Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Creightonprimary
  • Allenprimary
  • Buckleyprimary
  • Ashbyprimary
  • Hicklandprimary
  • Oliversonprimary
  • Whartoncosponsor
  • Isaaccosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-22

    Vetoed by the Governor

    executive-veto

  2. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  3. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  4. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-30

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  6. 2025-05-29

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  7. 2025-05-29

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  8. 2025-05-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-05-29

    Record vote

  10. 2025-05-29

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  11. 2025-05-28

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  12. 2025-05-28

    Senate Amendments distributed

  13. 2025-05-28

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  14. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-27

    Passed

    passage

  16. 2025-05-27

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  17. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  18. 2025-05-27

    Three day rule suspended

  19. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  21. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  22. 2025-05-27

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  23. 2025-05-27

    Placed on intent calendar

  24. 2025-05-25

    Committee report printed and distributed

  25. 2025-05-25

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. 2025-05-23

    Vote taken in committee

  27. 2025-05-23

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-05-22

    Left pending in committee

  29. 2025-05-22

    Testimony taken in committee

  30. 2025-05-22

    Considered in public hearing

  31. 2025-05-22

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  32. 2025-05-20

    No action taken in committee

  33. 2025-05-20

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  34. 2025-05-09

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  35. 2025-05-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  36. 2025-05-07

    Received from the House

    introduction

  37. 2025-05-07

    Reported engrossed

  38. 2025-05-07

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  39. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  40. 2025-05-07

    Passed

    passage

  41. 2025-05-07

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  42. 2025-05-06

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  43. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  44. 2025-05-06

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  45. 2025-05-06

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  46. 2025-05-06

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  47. 2025-05-06

    Placed on General State Calendar

  48. 2025-05-02

    Considered in Calendars

  49. 2025-04-30

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  50. 2025-04-29

    Committee report distributed

  51. 2025-04-29

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  52. 2025-04-22

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  53. 2025-04-22

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  54. 2025-04-22

    Considered in public hearing

  55. 2025-04-08

    Left pending in committee

  56. 2025-04-08

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  57. 2025-04-08

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  58. 2025-04-08

    Considered in public hearing

  59. 2025-03-14

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  60. 2025-03-14

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  61. 2025-01-29

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-06 · pass · 97-43

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

    2025-05-07 · pass · 113-31

    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
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: 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
    • Leo Wilson: 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
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Cain: no
    • Campos: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Flores: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Little: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, E.: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Ordaz: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Turner: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Wu: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Orr: absent
    • Smithe: absent
    • Bryant: absent
    • Morales: absent
    • C: absent
    • Wall: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-27 · pass · 20-11

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Blanco: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • Hall: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • Sparks: no
    • West: no
  • passage

    2025-05-29 · pass · 99-36

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

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