TX HB 2243
vetoedRelating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Teacher Job Satisfaction and Retention.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower
Quick answers
Did TX HB 2243 pass?
No. TX HB 2243 passed the legislature but was vetoed on 2025-06-22. Latest recorded action (2025-06-22): Vetoed by the Governor
What is TX HB 2243 about?
TX HB 2243 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Teacher Job Satisfaction and Retention.”.
Who sponsors TX HB 2243?
Creighton, Allen, Buckley and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 2243, joined by 2 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-14
- Latest action
- 2025-06-22 — Vetoed by the Governor
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Creightonprimary
- Allenprimary
- Buckleyprimary
- Ashbyprimary
- Hicklandprimary
- Oliversonprimary
- Whartoncosponsor
- Isaaccosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-01-29
Filed
filing
2025-03-14
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-14
Referred to Public Education
referral-committee
2025-04-08
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-08
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-04-08
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-08
Left pending in committee
2025-04-22
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-22
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-04-22
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-29
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-29
Committee report distributed
2025-04-30
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-02
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-06
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-06
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-06
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-06
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-06
Record vote
2025-05-06
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-07
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-07
Passed
passage
2025-05-07
Record vote
2025-05-07
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-07
Reported engrossed
2025-05-07
Received from the House
introduction
2025-05-09
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-09
Referred to Education K-16
referral-committee
2025-05-20
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-20
No action taken in committee
2025-05-22
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-22
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-22
Testimony taken in committee
2025-05-22
Left pending in committee
2025-05-23
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-23
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-25
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-25
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-27
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-27
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-27
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
reading-2
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-27
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-27
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-27
Passed
passage
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-28
Senate passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-28
Senate Amendments distributed
2025-05-28
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
2025-05-29
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
2025-05-29
Record vote
2025-05-29
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-29
Text of Senate Amendment(s)
2025-05-29
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
2025-05-30
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-31
Signed in the House
passage
2025-06-01
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-06-01
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-22
Vetoed by the Governor
executive-veto
Versions
Documents
Votes
passage
2025-05-06 · pass · 97-43
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Cook: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: 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
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Vo: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Anchía: no
- Bhojani: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Cain: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Dutton: no
- Flores: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- Gervin-Hawkins: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Harrison: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Hopper: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Kerwin: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Lowe: no
- Luther: no
- Manuel: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morales, E.: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Olcott: no
- Ordaz: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Schatzline: no
- Schoolcraft: no
- Spiller: no
- Thompson: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Turner: no
- Walle: no
- Wu: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Harris(C): not voting
- Mez: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Cortez: absent
- Excused: absent
- Orr: absent
- Guerra: absent
- Little: absent
- Simmons: absent
- Tepper: absent
- Virdel: absent
passage
2025-05-07 · pass · 113-31
Member-level votes (154)
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, J.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Vo: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Alders: no
- Cain: no
- Campos: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Flores: no
- Garcia, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Harrison: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Hopper: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Little: no
- Lowe: no
- Luther: no
- Meza: no
- Morales, E.: no
- Morgan: no
- Olcott: no
- Ordaz: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Pierson: no
- Reynolds: no
- Richardson: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Schatzline: no
- Schoolcraft: no
- Simmons: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Turner: no
- Virdell: no
- Wu: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Excused: absent
- Orr: absent
- Smithe: absent
- Bryant: absent
- Morales: absent
- C: absent
- Wall: absent
passage
2025-05-27 · pass · 20-11
Member-level votes (31)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hancock: 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
- Zaffirini: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Hall: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- Sparks: no
- West: no
passage
2025-05-29 · pass · 99-36
Member-level votes (152)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: 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
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Romero: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Anchía: no
- Bernal: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Dyson: no
- Flores: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Harrison: no
- Hayes: no
- Hernandez: no
- Howard: no
- Little: no
- Longoria: no
- Lowe: no
- Martinez: no
- Moody: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Plesa: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Schoolcraft: no
- Spiller: no
- Talarico: no
- Tepper: no
- Turner: no
- Vo: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker(C): not voting
- Hinojos: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Allen: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Harris: absent
- Kerwin: absent
- Meza: absent
- Virdel: absent
- Geren: absent
- Jones, V.: absent
- King: absent
- Manuel: absent
- Simmons: absent
- Swanson: absent
- Walle: absent
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