Bill Commons

TX SB 27

died on adjournment

Relating to the rights of public school educators and financial and other assistance provided to educators and to public schools by the Texas Education Agency related to public school educators.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 27 pass?

No. TX SB 27 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 (2025-05-21): Co-author authorized

What is TX SB 27 about?

TX SB 27 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the rights of public school educators and financial and other assistance provided to educators and to public schools by the Texas Education Agency related to public school educators.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 27?

Creighton, Buckley are the primary sponsors of TX SB 27, joined by 12 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-02-27
Latest action
2025-05-21 — Co-author authorized
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Creightonprimary
  • Buckleyprimary
  • Campbellcosponsor
  • Hagenbuchcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor
  • Hughescosponsor
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor
  • Menéndezcosponsor
  • Middletoncosponsor
  • Parkercosponsor
  • Perrycosponsor
  • Schwertnercosponsor
  • Westcosponsor
  • Birdwellcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-27

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-02-27

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-28

    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

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-03-31

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-03-31

    Committee report printed and distributed

  11. 2025-04-01

    Co-author authorized

  12. 2025-04-01

    Placed on intent calendar

  13. 2025-04-03

    Co-author authorized

  14. 2025-04-03

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  15. 2025-04-03

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  16. 2025-04-03

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  17. 2025-04-03

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  18. 2025-04-03

    Vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-04-03

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  20. 2025-04-03

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  21. 2025-04-03

    Vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-04-03

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  23. 2025-04-03

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  24. 2025-04-03

    Vote recorded in Journal

  25. 2025-04-03

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  26. 2025-04-03

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  27. 2025-04-03

    Vote recorded in Journal

  28. 2025-04-03

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  29. 2025-04-03

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  30. 2025-04-03

    Vote recorded in Journal

  31. 2025-04-03

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  32. 2025-04-03

    Vote recorded in Journal

  33. 2025-04-03

    Three day rule suspended

  34. 2025-04-03

    Record vote

  35. 2025-04-03

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  36. 2025-04-03

    Passed

    passage

  37. 2025-04-03

    Record vote

  38. 2025-04-03

    Reported engrossed

  39. 2025-04-07

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  40. 2025-04-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  41. 2025-04-17

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  42. 2025-05-05

    Posting rule suspended

  43. 2025-05-07

    Considered in public hearing

  44. 2025-05-07

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  45. 2025-05-07

    Left pending in committee

  46. 2025-05-09

    Considered in formal meeting

  47. 2025-05-09

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  48. 2025-05-12

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  49. 2025-05-12

    Committee report distributed

  50. 2025-05-13

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  51. 2025-05-15

    Considered in Calendars

  52. 2025-05-19

    Placed on General State Calendar

  53. 2025-05-19

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  54. 2025-05-19

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  55. 2025-05-19

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  56. 2025-05-19

    Record vote

  57. 2025-05-19

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  58. 2025-05-20

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  59. 2025-05-20

    Passed

    passage

  60. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  61. 2025-05-20

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  62. 2025-05-20

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  63. 2025-05-21

    Co-author authorized

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-03 · 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 27 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-03 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-05-19 · pass · 142-1

    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
    • Collier: 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: 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
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: 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
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Lowe: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Cortez: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Lalan: absent
    • Moody: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-20 · pass · 146-0

    Member-level votes (153)
    • 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
    • Collier: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Manuel: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 27.xml

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