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

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

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

  1. 2024-12-12

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2024-12-12

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-11

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-11

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-11

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-11

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-03-25

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-03-25

    Vote taken in committee

  11. 2025-03-31

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-03-31

    Committee report printed and distributed

  13. 2025-03-31

    Corrected comm. report printed & distributed

  14. 2025-04-01

    Co-author authorized

  15. 2025-04-02

    Placed on intent calendar

  16. 2025-04-07

    Co-author authorized

  17. 2025-04-07

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  18. 2025-04-07

    Vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-04-07

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  20. 2025-04-07

    Vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-04-07

    Three day rule suspended

  22. 2025-04-07

    Record vote

  23. 2025-04-07

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  24. 2025-04-07

    Passed

    passage

  25. 2025-04-07

    Record vote

  26. 2025-04-07

    Reported engrossed

  27. 2025-04-08

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  28. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  29. 2025-04-22

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-05-20

    Considered in public hearing

  31. 2025-05-20

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  32. 2025-05-20

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2025-05-24

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  34. 2025-05-24

    Committee report distributed

  35. 2025-05-25

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  36. 2025-05-26

    Recommitted to committee

  37. 2025-05-26

    Considered in formal meeting

  38. 2025-05-26

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  39. 2025-05-26

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

    referral-committee

  40. 2025-05-26

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  41. 2025-05-26

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  42. 2025-05-26

    Committee report distributed

  43. 2025-05-26

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  44. 2025-05-27

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  45. 2025-05-28

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

  46. 2025-05-28

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  47. 2025-05-28

    Passed to 3rd reading

  48. 2025-05-28

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

  49. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  50. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

  51. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  52. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  53. 2025-05-28

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

  54. 2025-05-29

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  55. 2025-05-29

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  56. 2025-05-29

    Read

  57. 2025-05-29

    Senate refuses to concur

  58. 2025-05-29

    Senate requests conference committee

  59. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees

  60. 2025-05-29

    Senate refuses to concur-reported

  61. 2025-05-29

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

  62. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  63. 2025-05-30

    House grants request for conference committee

  64. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees

  65. 2025-05-30

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

  66. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees-reported

  67. 2025-05-31

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  68. 2025-05-31

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  69. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds

  70. 2025-05-31

    Rules suspended

  71. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  72. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  73. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  74. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  75. 2025-06-01

    House adopts resolution to go outside bounds

  76. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  77. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  78. 2025-06-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  79. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  80. 2025-06-02

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  81. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  82. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  83. 2025-06-03

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  84. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  85. 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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