Bill Commons

TX SB 226

enacted

Relating to establishing residency for children who are the subject of parental child safety placement agreements for purposes of admission into public schools.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 226 pass?

Yes. TX SB 226 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX SB 226 about?

TX SB 226 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to establishing residency for children who are the subject of parental child safety placement agreements for purposes of admission into public schools.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 226?

West, Bernal are the primary sponsors of TX SB 226, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2024-11-12
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Westprimary
  • Bernalprimary
  • Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor
  • Menéndezcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-05-27

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-25

    House passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-24

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-05-24

    Record vote

  10. 2025-05-24

    Passed

    passage

  11. 2025-05-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  12. 2025-05-23

    Passed to 3rd reading

  13. 2025-05-23

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  14. 2025-05-22

    Placed on General State Calendar

  15. 2025-05-20

    Considered in Calendars

  16. 2025-05-20

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  17. 2025-05-19

    Committee report distributed

  18. 2025-05-19

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  19. 2025-05-16

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  20. 2025-05-16

    Considered in formal meeting

  21. 2025-05-15

    Left pending in committee

  22. 2025-05-15

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  23. 2025-05-15

    Considered in public hearing

  24. 2025-05-14

    Posting rule suspended

  25. 2025-05-13

    No action taken in committee

  26. 2025-04-22

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  28. 2025-04-17

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  29. 2025-04-16

    Reported engrossed

  30. 2025-04-16

    Record vote

  31. 2025-04-16

    Passed

    passage

  32. 2025-04-16

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  33. 2025-04-16

    Record vote

  34. 2025-04-16

    Three day rule suspended

  35. 2025-04-16

    Vote recorded in Journal

  36. 2025-04-16

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  37. 2025-04-16

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  38. 2025-04-16

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  39. 2025-04-09

    Co-author authorized

  40. 2025-04-08

    Co-author authorized

  41. 2025-04-07

    Committee report printed and distributed

  42. 2025-04-07

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  43. 2025-04-07

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  44. 2025-04-01

    Vote taken in committee

  45. 2025-04-01

    Considered in public hearing

  46. 2025-03-25

    Left pending in committee

  47. 2025-03-25

    Testimony taken in committee

  48. 2025-03-25

    Considered in public hearing

  49. 2025-03-25

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  50. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  51. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  52. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

  53. 2024-11-12

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-24 · pass · 136-0

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Jones, J.: 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, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: 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
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Geren(C: not voting
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Vo: absent
    • Shaw: absent
    • Oliverson: absent
    • Simmon: absent
    • 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

Related bills

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 226.xml

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