Bill Commons

TX SB 2986

enacted

Relating to use by a religious organization of public school or institution of higher education facilities.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 2986 pass?

Yes. TX SB 2986 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 2986 about?

TX SB 2986 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to use by a religious organization of public school or institution of higher education facilities.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 2986?

Campbell, Leach are the primary sponsors of TX SB 2986, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-03-14
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Campbellprimary
  • Leachprimary
  • Middletoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-31

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-31

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  8. 2025-05-30

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-30

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-30

    Read

  11. 2025-05-30

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  12. 2025-05-28

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

  16. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  17. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-27

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  20. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  21. 2025-05-27

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  22. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  23. 2025-05-24

    Placed on General State Calendar

  24. 2025-05-22

    Considered in Calendars

  25. 2025-05-21

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  26. 2025-05-20

    Committee report distributed

  27. 2025-05-20

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  28. 2025-05-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2025-05-15

    Considered in formal meeting

  30. 2025-05-02

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-05-02

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  32. 2025-05-01

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  33. 2025-04-30

    Reported engrossed

  34. 2025-04-30

    Record vote

  35. 2025-04-30

    Passed

    passage

  36. 2025-04-30

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  37. 2025-04-30

    Record vote

  38. 2025-04-30

    Three day rule suspended

  39. 2025-04-30

    Vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-04-30

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  41. 2025-04-30

    Vote recorded in Journal

  42. 2025-04-30

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  43. 2025-04-30

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  44. 2025-04-30

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  45. 2025-04-30

    Vote recorded in Journal

  46. 2025-04-30

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  47. 2025-04-30

    Co-author authorized

  48. 2025-04-29

    Placed on intent calendar

  49. 2025-04-24

    Committee report printed and distributed

  50. 2025-04-24

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  51. 2025-04-23

    Vote taken in committee

  52. 2025-04-23

    Considered in public hearing

  53. 2025-04-23

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  54. 2025-04-16

    Left pending in committee

  55. 2025-04-16

    Testimony taken in committee

  56. 2025-04-16

    Considered in public hearing

  57. 2025-04-16

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  58. 2025-04-07

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  59. 2025-04-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  60. 2025-03-14

    Filed

    filing

  61. 2025-03-14

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 2986 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-30 · pass · 30-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Gutierrez: no

  • passage

    2025-05-27 · pass · 117-26

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: 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, 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
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: 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
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rosenthal: 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
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Martinez: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • V: absent
    • Louderback: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 130-9

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: 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
    • 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
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: 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, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: 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
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: 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
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Bucy: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Rose: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Talaric: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • R: absent
    • Simmons: absent
    • W: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-30 · pass · 26-5

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

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02900_SB02999/SB 2986.xml

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