Bill Commons

TX SB 568

enacted

Relating to special education in public schools, including funding for special education under the Foundation School Program.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 568 pass?

Yes. TX SB 568 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): See remarks for effective date

What is TX SB 568 about?

TX SB 568 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to special education in public schools, including funding for special education under the Foundation School Program.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 568?

Bettencourt, Creighton, Flores and 7 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 568, joined by 10 cosponsors.

Introduced
2024-12-12
Latest action
2025-06-20 — See remarks for effective date
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bettencourtprimary
  • Creightonprimary
  • Floresprimary
  • Menéndezprimary
  • Middletonprimary
  • Parkerprimary
  • Paxtonprimary
  • Westprimary
  • Zaffiriniprimary
  • Buckleyprimary
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Campbellcosponsor
  • Cookcosponsor
  • Hagenbuchcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
  • Huffmancosponsor
  • Kingcosponsor
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor
  • Perrycosponsor
  • Alvaradocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    See remarks for effective date

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-06-03

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-06-02

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  8. 2025-06-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  10. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-06-01

    House adopts resolution to go outside bounds

  12. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  13. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-31

    Rules suspended

  17. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds

  18. 2025-05-31

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  19. 2025-05-31

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  20. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees-reported

  21. 2025-05-30

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

  22. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees

  23. 2025-05-30

    House grants request for conference committee

  24. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  25. 2025-05-29

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

  26. 2025-05-29

    Senate refuses to concur-reported

  27. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees

  28. 2025-05-29

    Senate requests conference committee

  29. 2025-05-29

    Senate refuses to concur

  30. 2025-05-29

    Read

  31. 2025-05-29

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  32. 2025-05-29

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  33. 2025-05-28

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

  34. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  35. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  36. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

  37. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  38. 2025-05-28

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

  39. 2025-05-28

    Passed to 3rd reading

  40. 2025-05-28

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  41. 2025-05-28

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

  42. 2025-05-27

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  43. 2025-05-26

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  44. 2025-05-26

    Committee report distributed

  45. 2025-05-26

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  46. 2025-05-26

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  47. 2025-05-26

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

    referral-committee

  48. 2025-05-26

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  49. 2025-05-26

    Considered in formal meeting

  50. 2025-05-26

    Recommitted to committee

  51. 2025-05-25

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  52. 2025-05-24

    Committee report distributed

  53. 2025-05-24

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  54. 2025-05-20

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  55. 2025-05-20

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  56. 2025-05-20

    Considered in public hearing

  57. 2025-04-22

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  58. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  59. 2025-04-08

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  60. 2025-04-07

    Reported engrossed

  61. 2025-04-07

    Record vote

  62. 2025-04-07

    Passed

    passage

  63. 2025-04-07

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  64. 2025-04-07

    Record vote

  65. 2025-04-07

    Three day rule suspended

  66. 2025-04-07

    Vote recorded in Journal

  67. 2025-04-07

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  68. 2025-04-07

    Vote recorded in Journal

  69. 2025-04-07

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  70. 2025-04-07

    Co-author authorized

  71. 2025-04-02

    Placed on intent calendar

  72. 2025-04-01

    Co-author authorized

  73. 2025-03-31

    Corrected comm. report printed & distributed

  74. 2025-03-31

    Committee report printed and distributed

  75. 2025-03-31

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  76. 2025-03-25

    Vote taken in committee

  77. 2025-03-25

    Considered in public hearing

  78. 2025-03-11

    Left pending in committee

  79. 2025-03-11

    Testimony taken in committee

  80. 2025-03-11

    Considered in public hearing

  81. 2025-03-11

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  82. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  83. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  84. 2024-12-12

    Filed

    filing

  85. 2024-12-12

    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 568 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-07 · pass · 29-1

    Member-level votes (2)
    • Hughes: no
    • King: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 125-16

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Cain: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • McQueeney: no
    • Money: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Noble: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Virdell: no

  • passage

    2025-05-31 · pass · 30-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Hughes: no

  • passage

    2025-06-01 · pass · 126-6

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: 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 Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: 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
    • Jones, J.: 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
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: 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
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: 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
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Cain: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Tot: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • L: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Morales Sha: absent
    • Alders: absent
    • Bhojani: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Harless: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Martinez: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Rose: absent
    • Simmons: absent
    • Virdell: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 568.xml

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