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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

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

Subjects

Sponsors

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

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-04

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-04

    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. 2025-03-25

    Considered in public hearing

  8. 2025-03-25

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-04-04

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  10. 2025-04-07

    Committee report distributed

  11. 2025-04-07

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  12. 2025-04-30

    Considered in Calendars

  13. 2025-05-02

    Considered in Calendars

  14. 2025-05-06

    Placed on General State Calendar

  15. 2025-05-06

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  16. 2025-05-06

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  17. 2025-05-06

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  18. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-06

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  20. 2025-05-07

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  21. 2025-05-07

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  22. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  23. 2025-05-07

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  24. 2025-05-07

    Passed

    passage

  25. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  26. 2025-05-07

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  27. 2025-05-07

    Reported engrossed

  28. 2025-05-07

    Received from the House

    introduction

  29. 2025-05-08

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  30. 2025-05-08

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-05-22

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  32. 2025-05-22

    Considered in public hearing

  33. 2025-05-22

    Testimony taken in committee

  34. 2025-05-22

    Left pending in committee

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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