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

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: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

2025-08-04
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2025-08-04
Filed
filing
2025-08-04
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-04
Referred to Education K-16
referral-committee
2025-08-06
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-08-06
Posting rule suspended
2025-08-06
Considered in public hearing
2025-08-06
Testimony taken in committee
2025-08-06
Vote taken in committee
2025-08-06
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-06
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-08-12
Co-author authorized
2025-08-12
Laid before the Senate
receipt
2025-08-12
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-08-12
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-08-12
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-08-12
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-12
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-08-12
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-08-12
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-12
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-08-12
Record vote
2025-08-12
Three day rule suspended
2025-08-12
Record vote
2025-08-12
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-08-12
Passed
passage
2025-08-12
Record vote
2025-08-12
Reported engrossed

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Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

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

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