TX SB 2972

• Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)
• Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)

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1. 2025-03-14

   Received by the Secretary of the Senate

   filing,introduction

2. 2025-03-14

   Filed

   filing

3. 2025-04-07

   Read first time

   introduction,reading-1

4. 2025-04-07

   Referred to Education K-16

   referral-committee

5. 2025-04-16

   Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

6. 2025-04-16

   Considered in public hearing

7. 2025-04-16

   Testimony taken in committee

8. 2025-04-16

   Left pending in committee

9. 2025-04-23

   Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

10. 2025-04-23

    Considered in public hearing

11. 2025-04-23

    Vote taken in committee

12. 2025-04-28

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

13. 2025-04-28

    Committee report printed and distributed

14. 2025-05-09

    Placed on intent calendar

15. 2025-05-13

    Co-author authorized

16. 2025-05-13

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

17. 2025-05-13

    Record vote

18. 2025-05-13

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

19. 2025-05-13

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

20. 2025-05-13

    Amended

    amendment-passage

21. 2025-05-13

    Vote recorded in Journal

22. 2025-05-13

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

23. 2025-05-13

    Record vote

24. 2025-05-14

    Co-author authorized

25. 2025-05-14

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

26. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

27. 2025-05-14

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

28. 2025-05-14

    Passed

    passage

29. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

30. 2025-05-14

    Reported engrossed

31. 2025-05-15

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

32. 2025-05-16

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

33. 2025-05-16

    Referred to Higher Education

    referral-committee

34. 2025-05-19

    Considered in formal meeting

35. 2025-05-19

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

36. 2025-05-20

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

37. 2025-05-20

    Committee report distributed

38. 2025-05-21

    Committee report sent to Calendars

39. 2025-05-22

    Considered in Calendars

40. 2025-05-24

    Placed on General State Calendar

41. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

42. 2025-05-27

    Postponed

43. 2025-05-27

    Laid out as postponed business

44. 2025-05-27

    Postponed

45. 2025-05-27

    Laid out as postponed business

46. 2025-05-27

    Amended

    amendment-passage

47. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

48. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

49. 2025-05-27

    Amended

    amendment-passage

50. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

51. 2025-05-27

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

52. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

53. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

54. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

55. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

56. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

57. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

58. 2025-05-28

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

59. 2025-05-29

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

60. 2025-05-29

    Read

61. 2025-05-29

    Senate refuses to concur

62. 2025-05-29

    Senate requests conference committee

63. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees

64. 2025-05-29

    Senate refuses to concur-reported

65. 2025-05-29

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

66. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

67. 2025-05-30

    House grants request for conference committee

68. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees

69. 2025-05-30

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

70. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees-reported

71. 2025-05-31

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

72. 2025-05-31

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

73. 2025-06-01

    House adopts resolution to go outside bounds

74. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

75. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

76. 2025-06-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

77. 2025-06-01

    Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds

78. 2025-06-01

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

79. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

80. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

81. 2025-06-01

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

82. 2025-06-02

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

83. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

84. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

85. 2025-06-03

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

86. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

87. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

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• passage

  2025-05-13 · 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
  • Huffman: yes
  • Hughes: yes
  • Johnson: 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
  • J. Hinojosa: no
  • Menéndez: no
  • Miles: no
  • West: no
  • Zaffirini: no

• passage

  2025-05-14 · 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
  • Huffman: yes
  • Hughes: yes
  • Johnson: 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
  • J. Hinojosa: no
  • Menéndez: no
  • Miles: no
  • West: no
  • Zaffirini: no

• passage

  2025-05-27 · pass · 111-27

  Member-level votes (152)

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

• passage

  2025-05-28 · pass · 97-39

  Member-level votes (152)

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

• passage

  2025-06-01 · pass · 97-39

  Member-level votes (181)

  • Ashby: yes
  • Barry: yes
  • Bell, C.: yes
  • Bell, K.: yes
  • Bonnen: yes
  • Bryant: yes
  • Buckley: yes
  • Bucy: yes
  • Bumgarner: yes
  • Button: yes
  • Campos: yes
  • Capriglione: yes
  • Cole: yes
  • Craddick: yes
  • Cunningham: yes
  • Curry: yes
  • Darby: yes
  • Davis, A.: yes
  • Dean: yes
  • DeAyala: yes
  • Dyson: yes
  • Fairly: yes
  • Frank: yes
  • Gámez: yes
  • Garcia, J.: yes
  • Gates: yes
  • Gerdes: yes
  • Geren: yes
  • Guerra: yes
  • Guillen: yes
  • Harless: yes
  • Harris Davila: yes
  • Hayes: yes
  • Hefner: yes
  • Hernandez: yes
  • Hickland: yes
  • Hinojosa: yes
  • Holt: 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
  • Little: yes
  • Lopez, J.: yes
  • Louderback: yes
  • Lozano: yes
  • Lujan: yes
  • Luther: yes
  • Martinez: yes
  • McQueeney: yes
  • Metcalf: yes
  • Meyer: yes
  • Moody: yes
  • Morales, E.: yes
  • Muñoz: yes
  • Noble: yes
  • Olcott: yes
  • Oliverson: yes
  • Ordaz: yes
  • Orr: yes
  • Patterson: yes
  • Paul: yes
  • Perez, M.: yes
  • Phelan: yes
  • Pierson: yes
  • Plesa: yes
  • Raymond: yes
  • Richardson: yes
  • Romero: yes
  • Schatzline: yes
  • Schofield: 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
  • Villalobos: yes
  • Walle: yes
  • Wharton: yes
  • Wilson: yes
  • Alders: no
  • Anchía: no
  • Bhojani: no
  • Bowers: no
  • Cain: no
  • Canales: no
  • Collier: no
  • Cook: no
  • Dorazio: no
  • Dutton: no
  • Flores: no
  • Garcia Hernandez: no
  • González, J.: no
  • González, M.: no
  • Goodwin: no
  • Harrison: no
  • Hopper: no
  • Jones, J.: no
  • Lalani: no
  • Leo Wilson: no
  • Lopez, R.: no
  • Lowe: no
  • Manuel: no
  • Fischer: no
  • McLaughlin: no
  • Meza: no
  • Money: no
  • Morales Shaw: no
  • Perez, V.: no
  • Rodríguez Ramos: no
  • Rose: no
  • Rosenthal: no
  • Schoolcraft: no
  • Simmons: no
  • Vasut: no
  • Virdell: no
  • Ward Johnson: no
  • Wu: no
  • Zwiener: no
  • Present: not voting
  • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
  • Absent: absent
  • Allen: absent
  • Garcia: absent
  • L: absent
  • Harris: absent
  • Jones: absent
  • V: absent
  • Bernal: absent
  • Cortez: absent
  • Davis, Y.: absent
  • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
  • Longoria: absent
  • Morales, C.: absent
  • Morgan: absent
  • Reynolds: absent
  • Vo: absent
  • Bettencourt: yes
  • Birdwell: yes
  • Campbell: yes
  • Creighton: yes
  • Hagenbuch: yes
  • Hall: yes
  • Hancock: yes
  • A. Hinojosa: yes
  • J. Hinojosa: yes
  • Huffman: yes
  • Hughes: yes
  • Kolkhorst: yes
  • Middleton: yes
  • Nichols: yes
  • Parker: yes
  • Paxton: yes
  • Perry: yes
  • Schwertner: yes
  • Sparks: yes
  • Alvarado: no
  • Blanco: no
  • Eckhardt: no
  • Gutierrez: no
  • Menéndez: no
  • Miles: no
  • West: no
  • Zaffirini: no

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