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TX SB 207

enacted

Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to attend mental health care appointments.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 207 pass?

Yes. TX SB 207 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-30): Effective immediately

What is TX SB 207 about?

TX SB 207 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to attend mental health care appointments.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 207?

Paxton, Johnson, Leo Wilson are the primary sponsors of TX SB 207, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Introduced
2024-11-12
Latest action
2025-05-30 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Paxtonprimary
  • Johnsonprimary
  • Leo Wilsonprimary
  • Eckhardtcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
  • Menéndezcosponsor
  • Middletoncosponsor
  • Cookcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-30

    Effective immediately

    became-law

  2. 2025-05-30

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-05-21

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-21

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-21

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-20

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-20

    House passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-20

    Passed

    passage

  10. 2025-05-20

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  11. 2025-05-19

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-19

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-19

    Passed to 3rd reading

  14. 2025-05-19

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  15. 2025-05-19

    Placed on General State Calendar

  16. 2025-05-15

    Considered in Calendars

  17. 2025-05-13

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  18. 2025-05-13

    Committee report distributed

  19. 2025-05-12

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  20. 2025-05-09

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  21. 2025-05-09

    Vote reconsidered in committee

  22. 2025-05-09

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  23. 2025-05-09

    Considered in formal meeting

  24. 2025-05-07

    Left pending in committee

  25. 2025-05-07

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  26. 2025-05-07

    Considered in public hearing

  27. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-04-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  29. 2025-04-02

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  30. 2025-04-01

    Reported engrossed

  31. 2025-04-01

    Record vote

  32. 2025-04-01

    Passed

    passage

  33. 2025-04-01

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  34. 2025-04-01

    Record vote

  35. 2025-04-01

    Three day rule suspended

  36. 2025-04-01

    Vote recorded in Journal

  37. 2025-04-01

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  38. 2025-04-01

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  39. 2025-04-01

    Co-author authorized

  40. 2025-03-31

    Placed on intent calendar

  41. 2025-03-27

    Co-author authorized

  42. 2025-03-26

    Committee report printed and distributed

  43. 2025-03-26

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  44. 2025-03-26

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  45. 2025-03-25

    Vote taken in committee

  46. 2025-03-25

    Considered in public hearing

  47. 2025-03-18

    Left pending in committee

  48. 2025-03-18

    Testimony taken in committee

  49. 2025-03-18

    Considered in public hearing

  50. 2025-03-18

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  51. 2025-03-06

    Co-author authorized

  52. 2025-02-05

    Co-author authorized

  53. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  54. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  55. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

  56. 2024-11-12

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 207 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-01 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-05-19 · pass · 141-0

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: 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
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: 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
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Moody: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Cortez: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Lalan: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Leac: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-20 · pass · 145-0

    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
    • 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
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Capriglione: absent
    • Guerr: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 207.xml

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