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TX SB 609

died on adjournment

Relating to requiring independent school districts, home-rule school districts, and open-enrollment charter schools to comply with legally required policies.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 609 pass?

No. TX SB 609 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-04-17): Referred to Public Education

What is TX SB 609 about?

TX SB 609 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to requiring independent school districts, home-rule school districts, and open-enrollment charter schools to comply with legally required policies.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 609?

Paxton is the primary sponsor of TX SB 609, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2024-12-13
Latest action
2025-04-17 — Referred to Public Education
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Paxtonprimary
  • Kingcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-13

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2024-12-13

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-02-27

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-02-27

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-02-27

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-02-27

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-03-13

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-03-13

    Vote taken in committee

  11. 2025-03-17

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-03-17

    Committee report printed and distributed

  13. 2025-03-24

    Co-author authorized

  14. 2025-04-03

    Placed on intent calendar

  15. 2025-04-08

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  16. 2025-04-08

    Record vote

  17. 2025-04-08

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  18. 2025-04-08

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  19. 2025-04-08

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  20. 2025-04-08

    Record vote

  21. 2025-04-08

    Passed to engrossment

  22. 2025-04-08

    Record vote

  23. 2025-04-09

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  24. 2025-04-09

    Record vote

  25. 2025-04-09

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  26. 2025-04-09

    Passed

    passage

  27. 2025-04-09

    Record vote

  28. 2025-04-09

    Reported engrossed

  29. 2025-04-10

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  30. 2025-04-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  31. 2025-04-17

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-08 · pass · 22-8

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

  • other

    2025-04-08 · fail · 11-19

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

  • passage

    2025-04-09 · pass · 23-7

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

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 609.xml

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