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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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 571 pass?

Yes. TX SB 571 has been enacted into law. 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
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bettencourtprimary
  • Creightonprimary
  • Floresprimary
  • Middletonprimary
  • Parkerprimary
  • Paxtonprimary
  • Westprimary
  • Zaffiriniprimary
  • Leachprimary
  • Buckleyprimary
  • Nobleprimary
  • Frankprimary
  • Kingcosponsor
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor
  • Sparkscosponsor
  • Birdwellcosponsor
  • Campbellcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

  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. 2025-05-31

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  8. 2025-05-30

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-30

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-30

    Read

  11. 2025-05-30

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  12. 2025-05-28

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

  16. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  17. 2025-05-28

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  18. 2025-05-28

    Rules suspended

  19. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  20. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  21. 2025-05-27

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  22. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  23. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  24. 2025-05-27

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  25. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  26. 2025-05-24

    Placed on General State Calendar

  27. 2025-05-22

    Considered in Calendars

  28. 2025-05-20

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  29. 2025-05-19

    Committee report distributed

  30. 2025-05-19

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  31. 2025-05-16

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  32. 2025-05-16

    Considered in formal meeting

  33. 2025-05-15

    Left pending in committee

  34. 2025-05-15

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  35. 2025-05-15

    Considered in public hearing

  36. 2025-05-14

    Posting rule suspended

  37. 2025-05-13

    No action taken in committee

  38. 2025-05-12

    Posting rule suspended

  39. 2025-05-10

    Referred to Public Education

    referral-committee

  40. 2025-05-10

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  41. 2025-05-08

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  42. 2025-05-08

    Reported engrossed

  43. 2025-05-08

    Record vote

  44. 2025-05-08

    Passed

    passage

  45. 2025-05-08

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  46. 2025-05-08

    Record vote

  47. 2025-05-08

    Three day rule suspended

  48. 2025-05-08

    Vote recorded in Journal

  49. 2025-05-08

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  50. 2025-05-08

    Vote recorded in Journal

  51. 2025-05-08

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  52. 2025-05-08

    Co-author authorized

  53. 2025-05-07

    Placed on intent calendar

  54. 2025-05-07

    Co-author authorized

  55. 2025-05-05

    Committee report printed and distributed

  56. 2025-05-05

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  57. 2025-04-29

    Vote taken in committee

  58. 2025-04-29

    Considered in public hearing

  59. 2025-04-23

    Co-author authorized

  60. 2025-04-10

    Co-author authorized

  61. 2025-04-08

    Left pending in committee

  62. 2025-04-08

    Testimony taken in committee

  63. 2025-04-08

    Considered in public hearing

  64. 2025-04-08

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  65. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  66. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  67. 2024-12-12

    Filed

    filing

  68. 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 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

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

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