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TX HB 27

enacted

Relating to courses in personal financial literacy for high school students in public schools.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 27 pass?

Yes. TX HB 27 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX HB 27 about?

TX HB 27 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to courses in personal financial literacy for high school students in public schools.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 27?

Garcia, Linda, Flores, Lalani and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 27, joined by 43 cosponsors.

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

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Garcia, Lindaprimary
  • Floresprimary
  • Lalaniprimary
  • Kingprimary
  • Bowerscosponsor
  • Bryantcosponsor
  • Buttoncosponsor
  • Caincosponsor
  • Camposcosponsor
  • Cookcosponsor
  • Currycosponsor
  • Davis, Aichacosponsor
  • Gámezcosponsor
  • Garcia Hernandez, Cassandracosponsor
  • Gerencosponsor
  • González, Marycosponsor
  • Goodwincosponsor
  • Guillencosponsor
  • Hayescosponsor
  • Hernandezcosponsor
  • Hinojosacosponsor
  • Johnsoncosponsor
  • LaHoodcosponsor
  • Lambertcosponsor
  • Longoriacosponsor
  • Luthercosponsor
  • Moodycosponsor
  • Rosecosponsor
  • Simmonscosponsor
  • Smitheecosponsor
  • Spillercosponsor
  • Turnercosponsor
  • Villaloboscosponsor
  • Vocosponsor
  • Wallecosponsor
  • Ward Johnsoncosponsor
  • Alvaradocosponsor
  • Creightoncosponsor
  • Eckhardtcosponsor
  • Hagenbuchcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
  • Milescosponsor
  • Parkercosponsor
  • Zaffirinicosponsor
  • Anchíacosponsor
  • Bernalcosponsor
  • Bhojanicosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-27

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-18

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-03-18

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-03-18

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-04-03

    Considered in formal meeting

  8. 2025-04-03

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  9. 2025-04-03

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-04-11

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  11. 2025-04-11

    Committee report distributed

  12. 2025-04-15

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  13. 2025-04-17

    Considered in Calendars

  14. 2025-04-23

    Placed on General State Calendar

  15. 2025-04-23

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  16. 2025-04-23

    Passed to engrossment

  17. 2025-04-23

    Record vote

  18. 2025-04-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-04-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  20. 2025-04-24

    Passed

    passage

  21. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

  22. 2025-04-24

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  23. 2025-04-24

    Reason for vote recorded in Journal

  24. 2025-04-24

    Reported engrossed

  25. 2025-04-24

    Received from the House

    introduction

  26. 2025-05-16

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  27. 2025-05-16

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-05-23

    Considered in public hearing

  29. 2025-05-23

    Vote taken in committee

  30. 2025-05-25

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2025-05-25

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  32. 2025-05-25

    Committee report printed and distributed

  33. 2025-05-27

    Co-sponsor authorized

  34. 2025-05-27

    Placed on intent calendar

  35. 2025-05-27

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  36. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  37. 2025-05-27

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  38. 2025-05-27

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  39. 2025-05-27

    Vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-05-27

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  41. 2025-05-27

    Vote recorded in Journal

  42. 2025-05-27

    Three day rule suspended

  43. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  44. 2025-05-27

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  45. 2025-05-27

    Passed

    passage

  46. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  47. 2025-05-28

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  48. 2025-05-28

    Senate Amendments distributed

  49. 2025-05-28

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  50. 2025-05-29

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  51. 2025-05-29

    Record vote

  52. 2025-05-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  53. 2025-05-29

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  54. 2025-05-29

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  55. 2025-05-30

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  56. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the House

    passage

  57. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  58. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  59. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  60. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-23 · pass · 140-4

    Member-level votes (153)
    • 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
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: 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, 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: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: 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
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: 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
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Cain: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Tot: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Garcia: absent
    • J: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Pierson: absent
    • Simmons: absent
    • Zwiene: absent
  • passage

    2025-04-24 · pass · 140-1

    Member-level votes (153)
    • 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
    • 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
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: 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
    • 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
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: 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
    • Olcott: 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
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: 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
    • Harrison: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Vo: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • Y: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Lujan: absent
    • Martinez Fischer: absent
    • McLaughlin: absent
    • Simmon: absent
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 27 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-27 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-05-29 · pass · 135-2

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: 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
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: 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
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: 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
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: 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
    • Harrison: no
    • Low: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Virdel: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Garcia Hernandez: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • Schoolcraf: absent

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