Bill Commons

TX SB 843

enacted

Relating to a Texas Education Agency database of school district and open-enrollment charter school bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 843 pass?

Yes. TX SB 843 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 843 about?

TX SB 843 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to a Texas Education Agency database of school district and open-enrollment charter school bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 843?

Kolkhorst, Buckley are the primary sponsors of TX SB 843, joined by 10 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-01-17
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Kolkhorstprimary
  • Buckleyprimary
  • Birdwellcosponsor
  • Campbellcosponsor
  • Creightoncosponsor
  • Hagenbuchcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor
  • Hughescosponsor
  • Parkercosponsor
  • Perrycosponsor
  • Sparkscosponsor
  • Bettencourtcosponsor

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. 2025-05-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-28

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-27

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  7. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  8. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-26

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-26

    Read

  11. 2025-05-26

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  12. 2025-05-20

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-20

    Passed

    passage

  15. 2025-05-20

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  16. 2025-05-19

    Record vote

  17. 2025-05-19

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  18. 2025-05-19

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  19. 2025-05-19

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  20. 2025-05-16

    Placed on General State Calendar

  21. 2025-05-14

    Considered in Calendars

  22. 2025-05-13

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  23. 2025-05-12

    Committee report distributed

  24. 2025-05-12

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  25. 2025-05-09

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  26. 2025-05-09

    Considered in formal meeting

  27. 2025-05-07

    Left pending in committee

  28. 2025-05-07

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  29. 2025-05-07

    Considered in public hearing

  30. 2025-05-05

    Posting rule suspended

  31. 2025-04-28

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  32. 2025-04-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  33. 2025-04-25

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  34. 2025-04-24

    Reported engrossed

  35. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

  36. 2025-04-24

    Passed

    passage

  37. 2025-04-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  38. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

  39. 2025-04-24

    Three day rule suspended

  40. 2025-04-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  41. 2025-04-24

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  42. 2025-04-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  43. 2025-04-24

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  44. 2025-04-24

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  45. 2025-04-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  46. 2025-04-24

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  47. 2025-04-24

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  48. 2025-04-24

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  49. 2025-04-24

    Vote recorded in Journal

  50. 2025-04-24

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  51. 2025-04-24

    Co-author authorized

  52. 2025-04-23

    Placed on intent calendar

  53. 2025-04-16

    Committee report printed and distributed

  54. 2025-04-16

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  55. 2025-04-15

    Vote taken in committee

  56. 2025-04-15

    Considered in public hearing

  57. 2025-04-10

    Co-author authorized

  58. 2025-04-08

    Left pending in committee

  59. 2025-04-08

    Testimony taken in committee

  60. 2025-04-08

    Considered in public hearing

  61. 2025-04-08

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  62. 2025-03-20

    Co-author authorized

  63. 2025-02-26

    Co-author authorized

  64. 2025-02-13

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  65. 2025-02-13

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  66. 2025-01-29

    Co-author authorized

  67. 2025-01-28

    Co-author authorized

  68. 2025-01-17

    Filed

    filing

  69. 2025-01-17

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-24 · pass · 0-0

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 843 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-24 · pass · 30-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Hall: no

  • adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2

    2025-04-24 · pass · 0-0

  • passage to engrossment

    2025-04-24 · pass · 0-0

  • passage

    2025-05-19 · pass · 143-0

    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
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: 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 Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: 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
    • 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
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Collier: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Cortez: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Lalan: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-20 · pass · 144-0

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • 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
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: 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
    • 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
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: 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
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: 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
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Collier: not voting
    • Harris(C): not voting
    • Morales: not voting
    • C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-26 · pass · 31-0

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