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TX SB 569

enacted

Relating to the provision of virtual education in public schools and to certain waivers and modifications by the commissioner of education to the method of calculating average daily attendance in an emergency or crisis for purposes of preserving school district funding entitlements under the Foundation School Program during that emergency or crisis; authorizing a fee.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 569 pass?

Yes. TX SB 569 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-06. Latest recorded action (2025-05-06): Effective immediately

What is TX SB 569 about?

TX SB 569 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the provision of virtual education in public schools and to certain waivers and modifications by the commissioner of education to the method of calculating average daily attendance in an emergency or crisis for purposes of preserving school district funding entitlements under the Foundation School Program during that emergency or crisis; authorizing a fee.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 569?

Bettencourt, Flores, Middleton and 9 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 569, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced
2024-12-12
Latest action
2025-05-06 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bettencourtprimary
  • Floresprimary
  • Middletonprimary
  • Parkerprimary
  • Paxtonprimary
  • Westprimary
  • Zaffiriniprimary
  • Ashbyprimary
  • Buckleyprimary
  • Shaheenprimary
  • Morales, Eddieprimary
  • Bell, Keithprimary
  • Hagenbuchcosponsor
  • Piersoncosponsor
  • Tothcosponsor
  • Barrycosponsor

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. 2025-03-04

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-04

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-04

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-04

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-03-10

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-03-10

    Committee report printed and distributed

  11. 2025-03-12

    Placed on intent calendar

  12. 2025-03-13

    Co-author authorized

  13. 2025-03-13

    Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day

  14. 2025-03-13

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  15. 2025-03-13

    Record vote

  16. 2025-03-13

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  17. 2025-03-13

    Record vote

  18. 2025-03-13

    Three day rule suspended

  19. 2025-03-13

    Record vote

  20. 2025-03-13

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  21. 2025-03-13

    Passed

    passage

  22. 2025-03-13

    Record vote

  23. 2025-03-13

    Reported engrossed

  24. 2025-03-18

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  25. 2025-04-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  26. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-04-15

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-04-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2025-04-15

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  30. 2025-04-15

    Committee report distributed

  31. 2025-04-16

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  32. 2025-04-17

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  33. 2025-04-17

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  34. 2025-04-17

    Passed to 3rd reading

  35. 2025-04-17

    Record vote

  36. 2025-04-17

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  37. 2025-04-17

    Rules suspended

  38. 2025-04-17

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  39. 2025-04-17

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  40. 2025-04-17

    Passed

    passage

  41. 2025-04-17

    Record vote

  42. 2025-04-17

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  43. 2025-04-22

    House passage reported

    passage

  44. 2025-04-22

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  45. 2025-04-23

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  46. 2025-04-23

    Signed in the House

    passage

  47. 2025-04-24

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  48. 2025-05-06

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  49. 2025-05-06

    Effective immediately

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-03-13 · pass · 28-2

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

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 569 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-03-13 · pass · 28-2

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

  • passage

    2025-04-16 · pass · 113-33

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Alders: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: 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
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: 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
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Canales: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Flores: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Little: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Cole: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Wall: absent

  • passage

    2025-04-17 · pass · 109-32

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: 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
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Canales: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Flores: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Little: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Martinez: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker(C): not voting
    • Harris Davil: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Morales Sha: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Moody: absent
    • Simmons: absent
    • Thompson: absent
    • Wall: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 569.xml

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