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

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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

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-21

    Co-author authorized

  2. 2025-05-20

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  3. 2025-05-20

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  4. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  5. 2025-05-20

    Passed

    passage

  6. 2025-05-20

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  7. 2025-05-19

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  8. 2025-05-19

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-19

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  10. 2025-05-19

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  11. 2025-05-19

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  12. 2025-05-19

    Placed on General State Calendar

  13. 2025-05-15

    Considered in Calendars

  14. 2025-05-13

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  15. 2025-05-12

    Committee report distributed

  16. 2025-05-12

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  17. 2025-05-09

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  18. 2025-05-09

    Considered in formal meeting

  19. 2025-05-07

    Left pending in committee

  20. 2025-05-07

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  21. 2025-05-07

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-05-05

    Posting rule suspended

  23. 2025-04-17

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  24. 2025-04-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  25. 2025-04-07

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  26. 2025-04-03

    Reported engrossed

  27. 2025-04-03

    Record vote

  28. 2025-04-03

    Passed

    passage

  29. 2025-04-03

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  30. 2025-04-03

    Record vote

  31. 2025-04-03

    Three day rule suspended

  32. 2025-04-03

    Vote recorded in Journal

  33. 2025-04-03

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  34. 2025-04-03

    Vote recorded in Journal

  35. 2025-04-03

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  36. 2025-04-03

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  37. 2025-04-03

    Vote recorded in Journal

  38. 2025-04-03

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  39. 2025-04-03

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  40. 2025-04-03

    Vote recorded in Journal

  41. 2025-04-03

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  42. 2025-04-03

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  43. 2025-04-03

    Vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-04-03

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  45. 2025-04-03

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  46. 2025-04-03

    Vote recorded in Journal

  47. 2025-04-03

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  48. 2025-04-03

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  49. 2025-04-03

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  50. 2025-04-03

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  51. 2025-04-03

    Co-author authorized

  52. 2025-04-01

    Placed on intent calendar

  53. 2025-04-01

    Co-author authorized

  54. 2025-03-31

    Committee report printed and distributed

  55. 2025-03-31

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  56. 2025-03-25

    Vote taken in committee

  57. 2025-03-25

    Testimony taken in committee

  58. 2025-03-25

    Considered in public hearing

  59. 2025-03-25

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  60. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  61. 2025-02-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  62. 2025-02-27

    Filed

    filing

  63. 2025-02-27

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

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

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