TX SB 571

enacted

Relating to the reporting and investigation of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 571 pass?

Yes. TX SB 571 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX SB 571 about?

TX SB 571 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the reporting and investigation of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 571?

Bettencourt, Creighton, Flores and 9 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 571, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2024-12-12
Latest action: 2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

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
2025-04-08
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-08
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-08
Testimony taken in committee
2025-04-08
Left pending in committee
2025-04-10
Co-author authorized
2025-04-23
Co-author authorized
2025-04-29
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-29
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-05
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-05
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-07
Co-author authorized
2025-05-07
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-08
Co-author authorized
2025-05-08
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-08
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-08
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2
2025-05-08
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-08
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-08
Record vote
2025-05-08
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-08
Passed
passage
2025-05-08
Record vote
2025-05-08
Reported engrossed
2025-05-08
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-05-10
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-10
Referred to Public Education
referral-committee
2025-05-12
Posting rule suspended
2025-05-13
No action taken in committee
2025-05-14
Posting rule suspended
2025-05-15
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-15
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-05-15
Left pending in committee
2025-05-16
Considered in formal meeting
2025-05-16
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-19
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-19
Committee report distributed
2025-05-20
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-22
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-24
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-27
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-27
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-27
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-27
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-27
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-28
Rules suspended
2025-05-28
Additional sponsor(s) authorized
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
House passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-30
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
2025-05-30
Read
2025-05-30
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
2025-05-30
Record vote
2025-05-31
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-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
Effective immediately
became-law

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Documents

Votes

Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 571 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-05-08 · pass · 30-1
Member-level votes (1)
- Eckhardt: no
passage
2025-05-27 · pass · 134-2
Member-level votes (152)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: 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
- Harless: yes
- Harris: 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, J.: yes
- Jones, V.: 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
- Lopez, R.: 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
- Meza: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, C.: 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
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Anchía: no
- Rosentha: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Bowers: absent
- Canales: absent
- V: absent
- Cortez: absent
- Fairly: absent
- Hinojosa: absent
- Lalani: absent
- Moody: absent
- Rodríguez Ramos: absent
- Shofner: absent
- Simmons: absent
- Turner: absent
- Wu: absent
passage
2025-05-28 · pass · 126-10
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: 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
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: 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
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: 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
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: 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
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Bhojani: no
- Collier: no
- González, J.: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Meza: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Thompson: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Pierson: not voting
- Vasut(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Anchía: absent
- Guerra: absent
- Harris: absent
- Hinojosa: absent
- Longoria: absent
- Talaric: absent
- Bernal: absent
- Lopez: absent
- R: absent
- Manuel: absent
- Money: absent
- Reynold: absent
passage
2025-05-30 · pass · 30-1
Member-level votes (1)
- Eckhardt: no

Related bills

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 571.xml

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