TX HB 1481

enacted

Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 1481 pass?

Yes. TX HB 1481 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX HB 1481 about?

TX HB 1481 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 1481?

Johnson, Patterson, Talarico and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 1481, joined by 89 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-03-11
Latest action: 2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2025-06-20
Effective immediately
became-law
2025-06-20
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-05-28
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-05-27
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-27
Signed in the House
passage
2025-05-26
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-26
Senate passage reported
passage
2025-05-25
Record vote
2025-05-25
Passed
passage
2025-05-25
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-25
Record vote
2025-05-25
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-25
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-25
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
reading-2
2025-05-25
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-25
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-25
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-22
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-22
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-05-22
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-22
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-21
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-21
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-21
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-20
Left pending in committee
2025-05-20
Testimony taken in committee
2025-05-20
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-20
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-20
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-06
Referred to Education K-16
referral-committee
2025-05-06
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-24
Received from the House
introduction
2025-04-24
Reported engrossed
2025-04-24
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-24
Record vote
2025-04-24
Passed
passage
2025-04-24
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-04-23
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-23
Record vote
2025-04-23
Passed to engrossment
2025-04-23
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-04-23
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-04-17
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-08
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-08
Committee report distributed
2025-04-08
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-03
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-03
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-04-03
Considered in formal meeting
2025-03-18
Left pending in committee
2025-03-18
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-03-18
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-03-18
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-11
Referred to Public Education
referral-committee
2025-03-11
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2024-12-02
Filed
filing

Versions

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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-04-23 · pass · 136-10
Member-level votes (151)
- 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
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: 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
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: 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
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Noble: 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
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Canales: no
- Collier: no
- Harrison: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Little: no
- Lowe: no
- Muñoz: no
- Olcott: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Swanson: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Harris(C: not voting
- Hunter: absent
- Virdel: absent
passage
2025-04-24 · pass · 128-17
Member-level votes (152)
- 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
- Campos: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: 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
- Gámez: 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
- 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
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: 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
- 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
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Cain: no
- Canales: no
- Collier: no
- Frank: no
- Garcia, J.: no
- Harrison: no
- Hayes: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Little: no
- Lowe: no
- Olcott: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Schatzline: no
- Shaheen: no
- Swanson: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Harris(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Vo: absent
- Fischer: absent
- Slawso: absent
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 1481 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-05-25 · pass · 31-0

Related bills

Companion bill: SB 2365

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ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01400_HB01499/HB 1481.xml

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