Bill Commons

TX SB 8

died on adjournment

Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.

Texas · 891 · upper

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 8 pass?

No. TX SB 8 died when the 891 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-08-12): Reported engrossed

What is TX SB 8 about?

TX SB 8 is a bill in the 891 titled “Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 8?

Bettencourt, Hinojosa, Adam, Hall and 10 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 8, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-08-04
Latest action
2025-08-12 — Reported engrossed
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bettencourtprimary
  • Hinojosa, Adamprimary
  • Hallprimary
  • Hagenbuchprimary
  • Creightonprimary
  • Campbellprimary
  • Blancoprimary
  • Sparksprimary
  • Paxtonprimary
  • Middletonprimary
  • Kingprimary
  • Hughesprimary
  • Huffmanprimary
  • Perrycosponsor
  • Parkercosponsor
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor
  • Florescosponsor
  • Birdwellcosponsor
  • Schwertnercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-08-12

    Reported engrossed

  2. 2025-08-12

    Record vote

  3. 2025-08-12

    Passed

    passage

  4. 2025-08-12

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  5. 2025-08-12

    Record vote

  6. 2025-08-12

    Three day rule suspended

  7. 2025-08-12

    Record vote

  8. 2025-08-12

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  9. 2025-08-12

    Vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-08-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  11. 2025-08-12

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  12. 2025-08-12

    Vote recorded in Journal

  13. 2025-08-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  14. 2025-08-12

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  15. 2025-08-12

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  16. 2025-08-12

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  17. 2025-08-12

    Co-author authorized

  18. 2025-08-06

    Committee report printed and distributed

  19. 2025-08-06

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. 2025-08-06

    Vote taken in committee

  21. 2025-08-06

    Testimony taken in committee

  22. 2025-08-06

    Considered in public hearing

  23. 2025-08-06

    Posting rule suspended

  24. 2025-08-06

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  25. 2025-08-04

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-08-04

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  27. 2025-08-04

    Filed

    filing

  28. 2025-08-04

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

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Documents

Votes

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Related bills

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Official source

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=891&Bill=SB8

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