TX SB 568
enactedRelating to special education in public schools, including funding for special education under the Foundation School Program.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper
Quick answers
Did TX SB 568 pass?
Yes. TX SB 568 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. 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
- —
Subjects
- AUTISM & PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS (S0566)
- BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED, TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE (V2534)
- DEAF, TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE (V1199)
- Disabilities, Persons with (I0380)
- DYSLEXIA (S9807)
- EDUCATION AGENCY, TEXAS (V9941)
- EDUCATION, COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)
- Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)
- Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)
- Education--Primary & Secondary--Special (I0243)
- Education--School Districts (I0220)
- FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM (S0541)
- HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)
- Legislature (I0520)
- REGIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE CENTERS (S0546)
- State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)
- VIDEO CAMERAS (S0786)
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
2024-12-12
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2024-12-12
Filed
filing
2025-02-03
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-03
Referred to Education K-16
referral-committee
2025-03-11
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-03-11
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-11
Testimony taken in committee
2025-03-11
Left pending in committee
2025-03-25
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-25
Vote taken in committee
2025-03-31
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-31
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-03-31
Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
2025-04-01
Co-author authorized
2025-04-02
Placed on intent calendar
2025-04-07
Co-author authorized
2025-04-07
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-04-07
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-07
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2
2025-04-07
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-07
Three day rule suspended
2025-04-07
Record vote
2025-04-07
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-04-07
Passed
passage
2025-04-07
Record vote
2025-04-07
Reported engrossed
2025-04-08
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-04-22
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-22
Referred to Public Education
referral-committee
2025-05-20
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-20
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-05-20
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-24
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-24
Committee report distributed
2025-05-25
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-26
Recommitted to committee
2025-05-26
Considered in formal meeting
2025-05-26
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-05-26
Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
referral-committee
2025-05-26
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-26
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-26
Committee report distributed
2025-05-26
Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
2025-05-27
Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
2025-05-28
Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
2025-05-28
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-28
Passed to 3rd reading
2025-05-28
Nonrecord 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
Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-29
House passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-29
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
2025-05-29
Read
2025-05-29
Senate refuses to concur
2025-05-29
Senate requests conference committee
2025-05-29
Senate appoints conferees
2025-05-29
Senate refuses to concur-reported
2025-05-29
Senate requests conference committee-reported
2025-05-29
Senate appoints conferees-reported
2025-05-30
House grants request for conference committee
2025-05-30
House appoints conferees
2025-05-30
House grants request for conf comm-reported
2025-05-30
House appoints conferees-reported
2025-05-31
Conf. Comm. Report distributed
2025-05-31
Conference committee report filed
filing
2025-05-31
Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
2025-05-31
Rules suspended
2025-05-31
Record vote
2025-05-31
Senate adopts conference committee report
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-31
Record vote
2025-05-31
Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
2025-06-01
House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
2025-06-01
House adopts conference committee report
committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-01
Record vote
2025-06-01
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-06-01
House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
2025-06-02
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-06-02
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-06-02
Signed in the House
passage
2025-06-03
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-20
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-20
See remarks for effective date
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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