Bill Commons

TX HB 4

died on adjournment

Relating to the assessment of public school students, public school accountability and actions, and proceedings challenging the operations of the public school system.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 4 pass?

No. TX HB 4 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-29): Senate appoints conferees-reported

What is TX HB 4 about?

TX HB 4 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the assessment of public school students, public school accountability and actions, and proceedings challenging the operations of the public school system.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 4?

Frank, Bettencourt, Buckley and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 4, joined by 88 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-02-25
Latest action
2025-05-29 — Senate appoints conferees-reported
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Frankprimary
  • Bettencourtprimary
  • Buckleyprimary
  • Bernalprimary
  • Ashbyprimary
  • Cookprimary
  • Buttoncosponsor
  • Caincosponsor
  • Capriglionecosponsor
  • Cortezcosponsor
  • Craddickcosponsor
  • Cunninghamcosponsor
  • Currycosponsor
  • Darbycosponsor
  • Deancosponsor
  • DeAyalacosponsor
  • Doraziocosponsor
  • Dysoncosponsor
  • Fairlycosponsor
  • Gatescosponsor
  • Gerdescosponsor
  • González, Jessicacosponsor
  • Guillencosponsor
  • Harlesscosponsor
  • Harriscosponsor
  • Harris Davilacosponsor
  • Hayescosponsor
  • Hefnercosponsor
  • Hicklandcosponsor
  • Holtcosponsor
  • Hullcosponsor
  • Huntercosponsor
  • Isaaccosponsor
  • Jones, Ventoncosponsor
  • Kerwincosponsor
  • Kingcosponsor
  • Kitzmancosponsor
  • LaHoodcosponsor
  • Lambertcosponsor
  • Landgrafcosponsor
  • Leachcosponsor
  • Leo Wilsoncosponsor
  • Lopez, Janiecosponsor
  • Louderbackcosponsor
  • Lowecosponsor
  • Lozanocosponsor
  • Lujancosponsor
  • Luthercosponsor
  • Martinez Fischercosponsor
  • McLaughlincosponsor
  • McQueeneycosponsor
  • Metcalfcosponsor
  • Meyercosponsor
  • Moneycosponsor
  • Morales, Eddiecosponsor
  • Morgancosponsor
  • Muñozcosponsor
  • Noblecosponsor
  • Oliversoncosponsor
  • Ordazcosponsor
  • Orrcosponsor
  • Pattersoncosponsor
  • Paulcosponsor
  • Piersoncosponsor
  • Plesacosponsor
  • Raymondcosponsor
  • Reynoldscosponsor
  • Richardsoncosponsor
  • Rodríguez Ramoscosponsor
  • Schatzlinecosponsor
  • Shaheencosponsor
  • Shofnercosponsor
  • Slawsoncosponsor
  • Smitheecosponsor
  • Spillercosponsor
  • Swansoncosponsor
  • Teppercosponsor
  • Tothcosponsor
  • Troxclaircosponsor
  • Turnercosponsor
  • Vasutcosponsor
  • Villaloboscosponsor
  • Virdellcosponsor
  • Whartoncosponsor
  • Wilsoncosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor
  • Parkercosponsor
  • Sparkscosponsor
  • Barrycosponsor
  • Bell, Cecilcosponsor
  • Bell, Keithcosponsor
  • Bonnencosponsor
  • Bumgarnercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  2. 2025-05-29

    Senate grants request for conf comm-reported

  3. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees

  4. 2025-05-29

    Senate grants request for conference comm.

  5. 2025-05-29

    House appoints conferees-reported

  6. 2025-05-29

    House requests conference committee-reported

  7. 2025-05-29

    House refuses to concur-reported

  8. 2025-05-29

    House appoints conferees

  9. 2025-05-29

    House requests conference committee

  10. 2025-05-29

    House refuses to concur in Senate amendments

  11. 2025-05-28

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  12. 2025-05-28

    Senate Amendments distributed

  13. 2025-05-28

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  14. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-27

    Passed

    passage

  16. 2025-05-27

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  17. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  18. 2025-05-27

    Three day rule suspended

  19. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  21. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  22. 2025-05-27

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  23. 2025-05-27

    Co-sponsor authorized

  24. 2025-05-26

    Placed on intent calendar

  25. 2025-05-25

    Committee report printed and distributed

  26. 2025-05-25

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  27. 2025-05-23

    Vote taken in committee

  28. 2025-05-23

    Considered in public hearing

  29. 2025-05-23

    Co-sponsor authorized

  30. 2025-05-22

    Left pending in committee

  31. 2025-05-22

    Testimony taken in committee

  32. 2025-05-22

    Considered in public hearing

  33. 2025-05-22

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  34. 2025-05-14

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  35. 2025-05-14

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  36. 2025-05-14

    Received from the House

    introduction

  37. 2025-05-13

    Reported engrossed

  38. 2025-05-13

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  39. 2025-05-13

    Record vote

  40. 2025-05-13

    Passed

    passage

  41. 2025-05-13

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  42. 2025-05-13

    Record vote

  43. 2025-05-13

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  44. 2025-05-13

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  45. 2025-05-12

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  46. 2025-05-12

    Record vote

  47. 2025-05-12

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  48. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  49. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  50. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  51. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  52. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  53. 2025-05-12

    Amendment adopted as amended

    amendment-passage

  54. 2025-05-12

    Amendment amended

    amendment-amendment

  55. 2025-05-12

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  56. 2025-05-12

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  57. 2025-05-11

    Placed on Major State Calendar

  58. 2025-05-09

    Considered in Calendars

  59. 2025-05-09

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  60. 2025-05-08

    Committee report distributed

  61. 2025-05-08

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  62. 2025-04-30

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  63. 2025-04-30

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  64. 2025-04-30

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  65. 2025-04-30

    Considered in public hearing

  66. 2025-02-25

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  67. 2025-02-25

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  68. 2025-02-20

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-12 · pass · 143-1

    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
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: 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
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf(C): 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
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schoolcraft: 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
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Harrison: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Flores: absent
    • Schofield: absent
    • Simmon: absent
    • González: absent
    • J: absent
    • Shahee: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-13 · pass · 143-1

    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
    • 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
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: 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
    • 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
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: 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
    • Vo: 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
    • Fairly: absent
    • Schofield: absent
    • Simmon: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-27 · pass · 23-8

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: 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
    • Sparks: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no

Related bills

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 4.xml

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