Bill Commons

TX HB 610

died on adjournment

Relating to a severance payment to a superintendent of a school district.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 610 pass?

No. TX HB 610 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 (2025-05-22): Left pending in committee

What is TX HB 610 about?

TX HB 610 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to a severance payment to a superintendent of a school district.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 610?

Paxton, Leo Wilson, Bumgarner and 2 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 610, joined by 8 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-04
Latest action
2025-05-22 — Left pending in committee
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Paxtonprimary
  • Leo Wilsonprimary
  • Bumgarnerprimary
  • Capriglioneprimary
  • Canalesprimary
  • Holtcosponsor
  • Kerwincosponsor
  • Shofnercosponsor
  • Pattersoncosponsor
  • Spillercosponsor
  • Swansoncosponsor
  • Caincosponsor
  • Harris Davilacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-22

    Left pending in committee

  2. 2025-05-22

    Testimony taken in committee

  3. 2025-05-22

    Considered in public hearing

  4. 2025-05-22

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  5. 2025-05-08

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-05-08

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  7. 2025-05-07

    Received from the House

    introduction

  8. 2025-05-07

    Reported engrossed

  9. 2025-05-07

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  11. 2025-05-07

    Passed

    passage

  12. 2025-05-07

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  13. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-07

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  15. 2025-05-07

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  16. 2025-05-06

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  18. 2025-05-06

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  19. 2025-05-06

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  20. 2025-05-06

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  21. 2025-05-06

    Placed on General State Calendar

  22. 2025-05-02

    Considered in Calendars

  23. 2025-04-30

    Considered in Calendars

  24. 2025-04-07

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  25. 2025-04-07

    Committee report distributed

  26. 2025-04-04

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  27. 2025-03-25

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  28. 2025-03-25

    Considered in public hearing

  29. 2025-03-18

    Left pending in committee

  30. 2025-03-18

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  31. 2025-03-18

    Considered in public hearing

  32. 2025-03-04

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  33. 2025-03-04

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  34. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-06 · pass · 144-1

    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
    • Cook: 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, J.: 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
    • Harrison: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Collier: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Cortez: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Orr: absent
    • Hayes: absent
    • Longori: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-07 · pass · 146-1

    Member-level votes (151)
    • 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, J.: 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
    • Harrison: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Meza: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Cain: absent
    • Shofne: absent

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