Bill Commons

TX SB 9

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 · 892 · upper

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 9 pass?

No. TX SB 9 died when the 892 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-08-15): Committee report printed and distributed

What is TX SB 9 about?

TX SB 9 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 SB 9?

Sparks, Schwertner, Perry and 16 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 9.

Introduced
2025-08-15
Latest action
2025-08-15 — Committee report printed and distributed
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Sparksprimary
  • Schwertnerprimary
  • Perryprimary
  • Paxtonprimary
  • Parkerprimary
  • Nicholsprimary
  • Middletonprimary
  • Kolkhorstprimary
  • Kingprimary
  • Hughesprimary
  • Huffmanprimary
  • Hinojosa, Adamprimary
  • Hallprimary
  • Hagenbuchprimary
  • Floresprimary
  • Creightonprimary
  • Campbellprimary
  • Birdwellprimary
  • Bettencourtprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-08-15

    Committee report printed and distributed

  2. 2025-08-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  3. 2025-08-15

    Vote taken in committee

  4. 2025-08-15

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-08-15

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-08-15

    Record vote

  7. 2025-08-15

    Posting rule suspended

  8. 2025-08-15

    Referred to Finance

    referral-committee

  9. 2025-08-15

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  10. 2025-08-15

    Filed

    filing

  11. 2025-08-15

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

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Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=SB9

Attribution

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