TX HB 5261
died on adjournmentRelating to designating the Windham School District to provide postsecondary education to inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower
Quick answers
Did TX HB 5261 pass?
No. TX HB 5261 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 (2025-05-13): Placed on General State Calendar
What is TX HB 5261 about?
TX HB 5261 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to designating the Windham School District to provide postsecondary education to inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.”.
Who sponsors TX HB 5261?
Cunningham, Anchía, DeAyala are the primary sponsors of TX HB 5261.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-07
- Latest action
- 2025-05-13 — Placed on General State Calendar
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8788)
- Education--Higher--General (I0231)
- Education--School Districts (I0220)
- HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD, TEXAS (V4280)
- LICENSING & REGULATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)
- POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD (VY02X)
- State Agencies, Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)
- WINDHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT (E0057)
- WORKFORCE COMMISSION, TEXAS (V0470)
Sponsors
- Cunninghamprimary
- Anchíaprimary
- DeAyalaprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-03-14
Filed
filing
2025-04-07
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-07
Referred to Corrections
referral-committee
2025-04-16
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-16
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-04-16
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-16
Left pending in committee
2025-04-23
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-23
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-04-23
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-09
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-09
Committee report distributed
2025-05-10
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-11
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-13
Placed on General State Calendar
Versions
Documents
- application/pdf
- text/html
- text/html
- application/pdf
- text/html(no extracted text yet)
- text/html
- text/html
- text/html
Votes
Not provided by source.
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 1649
Official source
Attribution
Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:33:51.767464Z
Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:
Use this data
Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=TX&identifier=HB 5261. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.
Known limitations
- Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
- Committee referrals are not yet captured.
- Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.
See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.