Bill Commons

TX SB 24

enacted

Relating to the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes and ideologies in the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for certain public school students.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 24 pass?

Yes. TX SB 24 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX SB 24 about?

TX SB 24 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes and ideologies in the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for certain public school students.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 24?

Campbell, Bettencourt, Creighton and 17 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 24, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-05
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Campbellprimary
  • Bettencourtprimary
  • Creightonprimary
  • Floresprimary
  • Hagenbuchprimary
  • Hallprimary
  • Hinojosa, Adamprimary
  • Huffmanprimary
  • Hughesprimary
  • Kolkhorstprimary
  • Middletonprimary
  • Parkerprimary
  • Paxtonprimary
  • Perryprimary
  • Schwertnerprimary
  • Leachprimary
  • Oliversonprimary
  • Metcalfprimary
  • Hefnerprimary
  • Kitzmanprimary
  • Harriscosponsor
  • Plesacosponsor
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Kingcosponsor
  • Sparkscosponsor
  • Vocosponsor
  • Buckleycosponsor

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. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-23

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-23

    House passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-22

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  10. 2025-05-22

    Passed

    passage

  11. 2025-05-22

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  12. 2025-05-22

    Rules suspended

  13. 2025-05-22

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  14. 2025-05-21

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  15. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-21

    Passed to 3rd reading

  17. 2025-05-21

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-21

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  20. 2025-05-21

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  22. 2025-05-21

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  23. 2025-05-21

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  24. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  25. 2025-05-21

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  26. 2025-05-21

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  27. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  28. 2025-05-21

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  29. 2025-05-21

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  30. 2025-05-21

    Placed on General State Calendar

  31. 2025-05-19

    Considered in Calendars

  32. 2025-05-09

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  33. 2025-05-08

    Committee report distributed

  34. 2025-05-08

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  35. 2025-05-01

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  36. 2025-05-01

    Considered in formal meeting

  37. 2025-04-30

    Left pending in committee

  38. 2025-04-30

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  39. 2025-04-30

    Considered in public hearing

  40. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  41. 2025-04-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  42. 2025-03-27

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  43. 2025-03-26

    Reported engrossed

  44. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  45. 2025-03-26

    Passed

    passage

  46. 2025-03-26

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  47. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  48. 2025-03-26

    Three day rule suspended

  49. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  50. 2025-03-26

    Passed to engrossment

  51. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  52. 2025-03-26

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  53. 2025-03-26

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  54. 2025-03-26

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  55. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  56. 2025-03-26

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  57. 2025-03-25

    Placed on intent calendar

  58. 2025-03-24

    Not again placed on intent calendar

  59. 2025-03-24

    Co-author authorized

  60. 2025-03-19

    Placed on intent calendar

  61. 2025-03-19

    Co-author authorized

  62. 2025-03-17

    Committee report printed and distributed

  63. 2025-03-17

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  64. 2025-03-13

    Vote taken in committee

  65. 2025-03-13

    Considered in public hearing

  66. 2025-03-11

    Left pending in committee

  67. 2025-03-11

    Testimony taken in committee

  68. 2025-03-11

    Considered in public hearing

  69. 2025-03-11

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  70. 2025-03-06

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  71. 2025-03-06

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  72. 2025-03-05

    Filed

    filing

  73. 2025-03-05

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-03-26 · pass · 28-3

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: 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
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Miles: no

  • other

    2025-03-26 · fail · 9-18

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Bettencourt: no
    • Birdwell: no
    • Campbell: no
    • Flores: no
    • Hagenbuch: no
    • Hall: no
    • Hancock: no
    • A. Hinojosa: no
    • Huffman: no
    • Hughes: no
    • King: no
    • Kolkhorst: no
    • Middleton: no
    • Nichols: no
    • Parker: no
    • Paxton: no
    • Perry: no
    • Sparks: no
    • Creighton: absent
    • Miles: absent
    • Schwertner: absent
    • West: absent

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 24 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-03-26 · pass · 28-3

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: 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
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Miles: no

  • passage

    2025-05-21 · pass · 112-20

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris(C): yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, E.: 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
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Campos: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Flores: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Bryant: not voting
    • Collier: not voting
    • Morales: not voting
    • C: not voting
    • Morales Shaw: not voting
    • Ros: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Cole: absent
    • Garcia Hernandez: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Lalani: absent
    • Lopez, R.: absent
    • Fischer: absent
    • Simmons: absent
    • Vo: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-22 · pass · 119-13

    Member-level votes (155)
    • Alders: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris(C): 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
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Morales, E.: 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
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: 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
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Collier: no
    • Flores: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Bryant: not voting
    • Morales: not voting
    • C: not voting
    • Morales Shaw: not voting
    • Simmon: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • LaHoo: absent
    • Cook: absent
    • Little: absent
    • Louderback: absent
    • Money: absent
    • Rodríguez Ramos: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Virdell: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Y: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent

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ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 24.xml

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