TX SB 2253

• EDUCATION AGENCY, TEXAS (V9941)
• EDUCATION, COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)
• Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)
• Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)
• Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242)
• Education--School Districts (I0220)
• EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION, STATE BOARD FOR (V0492)
• Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)
• PARENTAL NOTIFICATION (S0319)
• Salaries & Expenses (I0745)
• STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)
• State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)

• Creightonprimary
• Bettencourtcosponsor
• Blancocosponsor
• Campbellcosponsor
• Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
• Kolkhorstcosponsor
• Westcosponsor

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1. 2025-03-11

   Received by the Secretary of the Senate

   filing,introduction

2. 2025-03-11

   Filed

   filing

3. 2025-03-25

   Read first time

   introduction,reading-1

4. 2025-03-25

   Referred to Education K-16

   referral-committee

5. 2025-04-01

   Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

6. 2025-04-01

   Considered in public hearing

7. 2025-04-01

   Testimony taken in committee

8. 2025-04-01

   Left pending in committee

9. 2025-04-03

   Considered in public hearing

10. 2025-04-03

    Vote taken in committee

11. 2025-04-09

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

12. 2025-04-09

    Committee report printed and distributed

13. 2025-04-10

    Co-author authorized

14. 2025-04-14

    Placed on intent calendar

15. 2025-04-15

    Not again placed on intent calendar

16. 2025-04-23

    Placed on intent calendar

17. 2025-04-29

    Co-author authorized

18. 2025-04-29

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

19. 2025-04-29

    Vote recorded in Journal

20. 2025-04-29

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

21. 2025-04-29

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

22. 2025-04-29

    Amended

    amendment-passage

23. 2025-04-29

    Vote recorded in Journal

24. 2025-04-29

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

25. 2025-04-29

    Amended

    amendment-passage

26. 2025-04-29

    Vote recorded in Journal

27. 2025-04-29

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

28. 2025-04-29

    Amended

    amendment-passage

29. 2025-04-29

    Vote recorded in Journal

30. 2025-04-29

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

31. 2025-04-29

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

32. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

33. 2025-04-29

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

34. 2025-04-29

    Amended

    amendment-passage

35. 2025-04-29

    Vote recorded in Journal

36. 2025-04-29

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

37. 2025-04-29

    Vote recorded in Journal

38. 2025-04-29

    Three day rule suspended

39. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

40. 2025-04-29

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

41. 2025-04-29

    Passed

    passage

42. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

43. 2025-04-29

    Reported engrossed

44. 2025-04-29

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

45. 2025-04-30

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

46. 2025-04-30

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

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  2025-04-29 · fail · 11-17

  Member-level votes (31)

  • Alvarado: yes
  • Blanco: yes
  • Cook: yes
  • Eckhardt: yes
  • Gutierrez: yes
  • J. Hinojosa: yes
  • Johnson: yes
  • Menéndez: yes
  • Miles: yes
  • West: yes
  • Zaffirini: yes
  • Bettencourt: no
  • Birdwell: no
  • Campbell: no
  • Creighton: no
  • Flores: no
  • Hagenbuch: no
  • Hall: no
  • A. Hinojosa: no
  • Huffman: no
  • King: no
  • Kolkhorst: no
  • Middleton: no
  • Nichols: no
  • Parker: no
  • Paxton: no
  • Perry: no
  • Sparks: no
  • Hancock: absent
  • Hughes: absent
  • Schwertner: absent

• Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 2253 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

  2025-04-29 · pass · 29-2

  Member-level votes (31)

  • Alvarado: yes
  • Bettencourt: yes
  • Birdwell: yes
  • Blanco: yes
  • Campbell: yes
  • Cook: yes
  • Creighton: yes
  • Eckhardt: yes
  • Flores: yes
  • Gutierrez: yes
  • Hall: yes
  • Hancock: yes
  • A. Hinojosa: yes
  • J. Hinojosa: yes
  • Huffman: yes
  • Johnson: yes
  • King: yes
  • Kolkhorst: yes
  • Menéndez: yes
  • Middleton: yes
  • Miles: yes
  • Nichols: yes
  • Parker: yes
  • Paxton: yes
  • Perry: yes
  • Schwertner: yes
  • Sparks: yes
  • West: yes
  • Zaffirini: yes
  • Hagenbuch: no
  • Hughes: no

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