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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 226 pass?

Yes. TX SB 226 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. 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

  1. 2024-11-12

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-25

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-25

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-25

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-25

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-04-01

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-04-01

    Vote taken in committee

  11. 2025-04-07

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-04-07

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  13. 2025-04-07

    Committee report printed and distributed

  14. 2025-04-08

    Co-author authorized

  15. 2025-04-09

    Co-author authorized

  16. 2025-04-16

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  17. 2025-04-16

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  18. 2025-04-16

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  19. 2025-04-16

    Vote recorded in Journal

  20. 2025-04-16

    Three day rule suspended

  21. 2025-04-16

    Record vote

  22. 2025-04-16

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  23. 2025-04-16

    Passed

    passage

  24. 2025-04-16

    Record vote

  25. 2025-04-16

    Reported engrossed

  26. 2025-04-17

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  27. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  28. 2025-04-22

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-05-13

    No action taken in committee

  30. 2025-05-14

    Posting rule suspended

  31. 2025-05-15

    Considered in public hearing

  32. 2025-05-15

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  33. 2025-05-15

    Left pending in committee

  34. 2025-05-16

    Considered in formal meeting

  35. 2025-05-16

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  36. 2025-05-19

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  37. 2025-05-19

    Committee report distributed

  38. 2025-05-20

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  39. 2025-05-20

    Considered in Calendars

  40. 2025-05-22

    Placed on General State Calendar

  41. 2025-05-23

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  42. 2025-05-23

    Passed to 3rd reading

  43. 2025-05-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  44. 2025-05-24

    Passed

    passage

  45. 2025-05-24

    Record vote

  46. 2025-05-24

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  47. 2025-05-25

    House passage reported

    passage

  48. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  49. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  50. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the House

    passage

  51. 2025-05-27

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  52. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  53. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

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

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

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

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