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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

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

  1. 2025-02-20

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-02-25

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-02-25

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-30

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-04-30

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  6. 2025-04-30

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  7. 2025-04-30

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2025-05-08

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  9. 2025-05-08

    Committee report distributed

  10. 2025-05-09

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  11. 2025-05-09

    Considered in Calendars

  12. 2025-05-11

    Placed on Major State Calendar

  13. 2025-05-12

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  14. 2025-05-12

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  15. 2025-05-12

    Amendment amended

    amendment-amendment

  16. 2025-05-12

    Amendment adopted as amended

    amendment-passage

  17. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  18. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  19. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  20. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  21. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  22. 2025-05-12

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-05-12

    Record vote

  24. 2025-05-12

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  25. 2025-05-13

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  26. 2025-05-13

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  27. 2025-05-13

    Record vote

  28. 2025-05-13

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  29. 2025-05-13

    Passed

    passage

  30. 2025-05-13

    Record vote

  31. 2025-05-13

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  32. 2025-05-13

    Reported engrossed

  33. 2025-05-14

    Received from the House

    introduction

  34. 2025-05-14

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  35. 2025-05-14

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  36. 2025-05-22

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  37. 2025-05-22

    Considered in public hearing

  38. 2025-05-22

    Testimony taken in committee

  39. 2025-05-22

    Left pending in committee

  40. 2025-05-23

    Co-sponsor authorized

  41. 2025-05-23

    Considered in public hearing

  42. 2025-05-23

    Vote taken in committee

  43. 2025-05-25

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  44. 2025-05-25

    Committee report printed and distributed

  45. 2025-05-26

    Placed on intent calendar

  46. 2025-05-27

    Co-sponsor authorized

  47. 2025-05-27

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  48. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  49. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  50. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  51. 2025-05-27

    Three day rule suspended

  52. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  53. 2025-05-27

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  54. 2025-05-27

    Passed

    passage

  55. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  56. 2025-05-28

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  57. 2025-05-28

    Senate Amendments distributed

  58. 2025-05-28

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  59. 2025-05-29

    House refuses to concur in Senate amendments

  60. 2025-05-29

    House requests conference committee

  61. 2025-05-29

    House appoints conferees

  62. 2025-05-29

    House refuses to concur-reported

  63. 2025-05-29

    House requests conference committee-reported

  64. 2025-05-29

    House appoints conferees-reported

  65. 2025-05-29

    Senate grants request for conference comm.

  66. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees

  67. 2025-05-29

    Senate grants request for conf comm-reported

  68. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

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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