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TX SB 1241

enacted

Relating to the consideration of college entrance examinations for admission to certain public institutions of higher education and a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding those examinations.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 1241 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1241 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 1241 about?

TX SB 1241 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the consideration of college entrance examinations for admission to certain public institutions of higher education and a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding those examinations.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1241?

Middleton, Leo Wilson, Shaheen and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1241, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-02-12
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Middletonprimary
  • Leo Wilsonprimary
  • Shaheenprimary
  • Shofnerprimary
  • Hagenbuchcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-12

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-02-12

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-04-03

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-04-03

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-04-03

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-04-03

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-04-09

    Co-author authorized

  10. 2025-04-16

    Considered in public hearing

  11. 2025-04-16

    Vote taken in committee

  12. 2025-04-22

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-04-22

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  14. 2025-04-22

    Committee report printed and distributed

  15. 2025-05-01

    Placed on intent calendar

  16. 2025-05-05

    Motion to suspend regular order of business

  17. 2025-05-05

    Motion withdrawn

    withdrawal

  18. 2025-05-06

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  19. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-06

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  21. 2025-05-06

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  22. 2025-05-06

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-05-06

    Vote recorded in Journal

  24. 2025-05-06

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  25. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  26. 2025-05-06

    Three day rule suspended

  27. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  28. 2025-05-06

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  29. 2025-05-06

    Passed

    passage

  30. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  31. 2025-05-06

    Reported engrossed

  32. 2025-05-07

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  33. 2025-05-08

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  34. 2025-05-08

    Referred to Higher Education

    referral-committee

  35. 2025-05-09

    Considered in formal meeting

  36. 2025-05-09

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  37. 2025-05-10

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  38. 2025-05-10

    Committee report distributed

  39. 2025-05-10

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  40. 2025-05-15

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  41. 2025-05-15

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  42. 2025-05-15

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  43. 2025-05-15

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  44. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  45. 2025-05-15

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  46. 2025-05-16

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  47. 2025-05-16

    Passed

    passage

  48. 2025-05-16

    Record vote

  49. 2025-05-16

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  50. 2025-05-19

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  51. 2025-05-22

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  52. 2025-05-22

    Read

  53. 2025-05-22

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  54. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  55. 2025-05-22

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  56. 2025-05-22

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  57. 2025-05-23

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  58. 2025-05-23

    Signed in the House

    passage

  59. 2025-05-23

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  60. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  61. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-06 · pass · 26-5

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • 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
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 1241 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-06 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-05-15 · pass · 89-51

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Cortez: no
    • Darby: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Dean: no
    • Flores: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • Geren: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Harless: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Howard: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Longoria: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Martinez: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales, E.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Turner: no
    • Vo: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Schofiel: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • R: absent
    • Martinez Fischer: absent
    • Thompso: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-16 · pass · 77-44

    Member-level votes (156)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ashby: no
    • Barry: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Cain: no
    • Collier: no
    • Cook: no
    • Cortez: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Flores: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Gates: no
    • Geren: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales, E.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Muñoz: no
    • Ordaz: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Turner: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Vo: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Anchía: absent
    • Bonnen: absent
    • Dean: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Gámez: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Lalani: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Landgraf: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Lopez, J.: absent
    • Orr: absent
    • Plesa: absent
    • Schofield: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Virdell: absent
    • Walle: absent
    • Absent: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Hernandez: absent
    • Low: absent
    • Bell: absent
    • C: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • J: absent
    • Martinez: absent
    • Perez: absent
    • M: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-22 · pass · 24-7

    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
    • Menéndez: 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
    • Miles: no
    • West: no

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