TX SB 2615
enactedRelating to restricting telework for employees of public institutions of higher education.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper
Quick answers
Did TX SB 2615 pass?
Yes. TX SB 2615 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25
What is TX SB 2615 about?
TX SB 2615 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to restricting telework for employees of public institutions of higher education.”.
Who sponsors TX SB 2615?
Creighton, Tepper are the primary sponsors of TX SB 2615.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-13
- Latest action
- 2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Creightonprimary
- Tepperprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-03-13
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2025-03-13
Filed
filing
2025-04-03
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-03
Referred to Education K-16
referral-committee
2025-04-10
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-10
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-10
Testimony taken in committee
2025-04-10
Left pending in committee
2025-04-23
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-23
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-23
Vote taken in committee
2025-04-28
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-28
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-04-30
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-01
Not again placed on intent calendar
2025-05-05
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-07
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-07
Record vote
2025-05-07
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2
2025-05-07
Record vote
2025-05-08
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-08
Record vote
2025-05-08
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-08
Passed
passage
2025-05-08
Record vote
2025-05-08
Reported engrossed
2025-05-09
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-05-12
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-12
Referred to Higher Education
referral-committee
2025-05-20
Meeting cancelled
2025-05-20
Considered in formal meeting
2025-05-20
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-05-20
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-22
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-22
Committee report distributed
2025-05-22
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-23
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-25
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-27
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-27
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-27
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-27
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-27
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-27
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-28
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-28
Passed
passage
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-28
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-28
House passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-30
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
2025-05-30
Read
2025-05-30
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
2025-05-30
Record vote
2025-05-31
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
2025-05-31
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-06-01
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-06-02
Signed in the House
passage
2025-06-02
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-20
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25
became-law
Versions
Documents
Votes
passage
2025-05-07 · pass · 21-10
Member-level votes (31)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
passage
2025-05-08 · pass · 21-10
Member-level votes (31)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
passage
2025-05-27 · pass · 92-53
Member-level votes (152)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Allen: no
- Bernal: no
- Bhojani: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Campos: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Dutton: no
- Flores: no
- Gámez: no
- Garcia, J.: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Hernandez: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Howard: no
- Johnson: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Lalani: no
- Longoria: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Manuel: no
- Martinez: no
- Fischer: no
- Meza: no
- Moody: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morales, E.: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Ordaz: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Plesa: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Talarico: no
- Thompson: no
- Turner: no
- Walle: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Anchía: absent
- Canales: absent
- V: absent
- Virdell: absent
passage
2025-05-28 · pass · 90-51
Member-level votes (151)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Allen: no
- Bernal: no
- Bhojani: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Cunningham: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Dutton: no
- Flores: no
- Gámez: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- Gervin-Hawkins: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Hernandez: no
- Howard: no
- Isaac: no
- Johnson: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Lalani: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Manuel: no
- Martinez: no
- Fischer: no
- Meza: no
- Moody: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morales, E.: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Muñoz: no
- Ordaz: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Plesa: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Thompson: no
- Turner: no
- Vo: no
- Walle: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Anchía: absent
- Guerra: absent
- Harris: absent
- Hinojosa: absent
- Kerwin: absent
- Longoria: absent
- Talarico: absent
- Ward Johnson: absent
passage
2025-05-30 · pass · 21-10
Member-level votes (31)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
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