TX HB 8

enacted

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.

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Did TX HB 8 pass?

Yes. TX HB 8 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-09-17): See remarks for effective date

What is TX HB 8 about?

TX HB 8 is a bill in the 892 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 HB 8?

Bettencourt, Wilson, Landgraf and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 8, joined by 61 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-08-18
Latest action: 2025-09-17 — See remarks for effective date
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-09-17
See remarks for effective date
2025-09-17
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-09-04
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-09-03
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-09-03
Signed in the House
passage
2025-09-03
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
2025-09-03
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-09-03
Text of Senate Amendment(s)
2025-09-03
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-09-03
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-09-03
Record vote
2025-09-03
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
2025-09-03
Point of order withdrawn
withdrawal
2025-08-28
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
2025-08-28
Senate Amendments distributed
2025-08-28
Senate passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-08-27
Remarks ordered printed
2025-08-27
Record vote
2025-08-27
Passed
passage
2025-08-27
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-08-27
Record vote
2025-08-27
Three day rule suspended
2025-08-27
Record vote
2025-08-27
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
amendment-passage
2025-08-27
Record vote
2025-08-27
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-08-27
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-08-27
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-08-27
Record vote
2025-08-27
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-08-27
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-08-27
Ordered not printed
2025-08-27
Printing rule suspended
2025-08-27
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-27
Vote taken in committee
2025-08-27
Testimony taken in committee
2025-08-27
Considered in public hearing
2025-08-27
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-08-27
Posting rule suspended
2025-08-27
Referred to Finance
referral-committee
2025-08-27
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-26
Received from the House
introduction
2025-08-26
Reported engrossed
2025-08-26
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-26
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-26
Record vote
2025-08-26
Passed as amended
amendment-passage,passage
2025-08-26
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-08-26
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-08-26
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-26
Record vote
2025-08-26
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-08-26
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-08-26
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-26
Record vote
2025-08-26
Amendment tabled
deferral
2025-08-26
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-08-26
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-26
Record vote
2025-08-26
Amendment tabled
deferral
2025-08-26
Amendment adopted as amended
amendment-passage
2025-08-26
Amendment amended
amendment-amendment
2025-08-26
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-08-26
Laid out as postponed business
2025-08-26
Postponed
2025-08-26
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-08-26
Placed on Major State Calendar
2025-08-25
Considered in Calendars
2025-08-24
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-08-24
Committee report distributed
2025-08-23
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-08-21
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-21
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-08-21
Considered in public hearing
2025-08-18
Referred to Public Education
referral-committee
2025-08-18
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-15
Filed
filing

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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-08-26 · pass · 78-58
Member-level votes (159)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Allen: no
- Anchía: no
- Bernal: no
- Bhojani: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Canales: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Cortez: no
- Darby: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Dutton: no
- Flores: no
- Gámez: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- Gervin-Hawkins: no
- González, J.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Guerra: no
- Harrison: no
- Hernandez: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Howard: no
- Johnson: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Lalani: no
- Lambert: no
- Little: no
- Longoria: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Manuel: no
- Martinez: no
- Fischer: no
- Meza: no
- Moody: no
- Morales, E.: no
- Muñoz: no
- Ordaz: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Plesa: no
- Raymond: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Talarico: no
- Thompson: no
- Turner: no
- Walle: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Harris(C: not voting
- Campos: absent
- Geren: absent
- Morales Shaw: absent
- Noble: absent
- Phelan: absent
- Reynolds: absent
- Vo: absent
- Garcia: absent
- J: absent
- Gates: absent
- King: absent
- Morales: absent
- C: absent
- Rodríguez Ramo: absent
- Harris: yes
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Rodríguez Ramos: absent
- Simmon: absent
- Garcia, J.: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
passage
2025-08-27 · pass · 21-5
Member-level votes (30)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Cook: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Johnson: no
- Zaffirini: no
- Eckhardt: absent
- Menéndez: absent
- Miles: absent
- West: absent
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 8 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-08-27 · pass · 21-5
Member-level votes (30)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Cook: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Johnson: no
- Zaffirini: no
- Eckhardt: absent
- Menéndez: absent
- Miles: absent
- West: absent
passage
2025-09-03 · pass · 79-47
Member-level votes (151)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Allen: no
- Barry: no
- Bell, K.: no
- Bernal: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Canales: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Flores: no
- Gámez: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- Gervin-Hawkins: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Harrison: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Howard: no
- Johnson: no
- Little: no
- Longoria: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Manuel: no
- Martinez: no
- Meza: no
- Moody: no
- Muñoz: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Phelan: no
- Plesa: no
- Raymond: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Spiller: no
- Talarico: no
- Thompson: no
- Turner: no
- Vo: no
- Walle: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Anchía: absent
- Davis, Y.: absent
- Dean: absent
- Garcia, L.: absent
- Guerra: absent
- Hernandez: absent
- Jones, J.: absent
- Jones, V.: absent
- Fischer: absent
- Morales, E.: absent
- Morales Shaw: absent
- Reynolds: absent
- Bhojani: absent
- Campos: absent
- Cortez: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Garcia, J.: absent
- Lalani: absent
- Lambert: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Ordaz: absent
- Perez, M.: absent
- Rodríguez Ramos: absent

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