TX SB 646

• COUNSELING & THERAPY (S4389)
• Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)
• Health Care Providers (I0387)
• HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD, TEXAS (V4280)
• MARRIAGE & FAMILY COUNSELING & COUNSELORS (S0180)
• Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)
• PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS (S0714)
• SOCIAL WORK & SOCIAL WORKERS (S0030)
• State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)
• STUDENT LOANS (S0036)

• Anchíaprimary
• Ward Johnsonprimary
• Jones, Jolandaprimary
• Westprimary
• Davis, Aichaprimary
• Blancocosponsor
• Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
• Menéndezcosponsor

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1. 2024-12-18

   Received by the Secretary of the Senate

   filing,introduction

2. 2024-12-18

   Filed

   filing

3. 2025-02-03

   Read first time

   introduction,reading-1

4. 2025-02-03

   Referred to Education K-16

   referral-committee

5. 2025-04-10

   Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

6. 2025-04-10

   Considered in public hearing

7. 2025-04-10

   Testimony taken in committee

8. 2025-04-10

   Left pending in committee

9. 2025-04-15

   Considered in public hearing

10. 2025-04-15

    Vote taken in committee

11. 2025-04-16

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

12. 2025-04-16

    Committee report printed and distributed

13. 2025-04-22

    Corrected comm. report printed & distributed

14. 2025-04-28

    Co-author authorized

15. 2025-04-28

    Placed on intent calendar

16. 2025-04-29

    Co-author authorized

17. 2025-04-29

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

18. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

19. 2025-04-29

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

20. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

21. 2025-04-30

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

22. 2025-04-30

    Record vote

23. 2025-04-30

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

24. 2025-04-30

    Passed

    passage

25. 2025-04-30

    Record vote

26. 2025-04-30

    Reported engrossed

27. 2025-05-01

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

28. 2025-05-02

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

29. 2025-05-02

    Referred to Higher Education

    referral-committee

30. 2025-05-05

    Posting rule suspended

31. 2025-05-06

    Considered in public hearing

32. 2025-05-06

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

33. 2025-05-06

    Left pending in committee

34. 2025-05-07

    Considered in formal meeting

35. 2025-05-07

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

36. 2025-05-13

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

37. 2025-05-13

    Committee report distributed

38. 2025-05-13

    Committee report sent to Calendars

39. 2025-05-16

    Considered in Calendars

40. 2025-05-20

    Placed on General State Calendar

41. 2025-05-20

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

42. 2025-05-20

    Postponed

43. 2025-05-20

    Laid out as postponed business

44. 2025-05-20

    Postponed

45. 2025-05-21

    Laid out as postponed business

46. 2025-05-21

    Postponed

47. 2025-05-21

    Laid out as postponed business

48. 2025-05-21

    Postponed

49. 2025-05-22

    Laid out as postponed business

50. 2025-05-22

    Postponed

51. 2025-05-24

    Laid out as postponed business

52. 2025-05-24

    Postponed

53. 2025-05-27

    Laid out as postponed business

54. 2025-05-27

    Passed to 3rd reading

55. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

56. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

57. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

58. 2025-05-28

    Postponed

59. 2025-05-28

    Rules suspended

60. 2025-05-28

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

61. 2025-05-28

    Laid out as postponed business

62. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

63. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

64. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

65. 2025-05-28

    House passage reported

    passage

66. 2025-05-28

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

67. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

68. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

69. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

70. 2025-06-22

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

71. 2025-06-22

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

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• passage

  2025-04-29 · pass · 22-9

  Member-level votes (31)

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

• passage

  2025-04-30 · pass · 23-8

  Member-level votes (31)

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

• passage

  2025-05-20 · pass · 122-13

  Member-level votes (153)

  • Allen: yes
  • Anchía: yes
  • Bell, C.: yes
  • Bell, K.: yes
  • Bhojani: yes
  • Bonnen: yes
  • Bowers: yes
  • Bryant: yes
  • Bucy: yes
  • Bumgarner: yes
  • Button: yes
  • Cain: yes
  • Campos: yes
  • Canales: yes
  • Capriglione: yes
  • Cole: yes
  • Collier: 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, J.: yes
  • González, M.: yes
  • Goodwin: yes
  • Guerra: yes
  • Guillen: yes
  • Harless: yes
  • Harris: yes
  • Hefner: yes
  • Hernandez: yes
  • Holt: yes
  • Hopper: yes
  • Howard: yes
  • Hunter: yes
  • Isaac: yes
  • Johnson: yes
  • Jones, J.: yes
  • Kerwin: yes
  • King: yes
  • Kitzman: yes
  • LaHood: yes
  • Lalani: yes
  • Landgraf: yes
  • Leach: yes
  • Leo Wilson: yes
  • Little: yes
  • Longoria: yes
  • Lopez, J.: yes
  • Lopez, R.: yes
  • Lujan: yes
  • Luther: yes
  • Manuel: yes
  • Martinez: yes
  • Fischer: yes
  • McLaughlin: yes
  • McQueeney: yes
  • Metcalf: yes
  • Meyer: yes
  • Meza: yes
  • Money: yes
  • Moody: yes
  • Morales, E.: yes
  • Morales Shaw: 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
  • Reynolds: yes
  • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
  • Romero: yes
  • Rose: yes
  • Rosenthal: yes
  • Schatzline: yes
  • Schoolcraft: yes
  • Shaheen: yes
  • Simmons: yes
  • Slawson: yes
  • Smithee: yes
  • Spiller: yes
  • Swanson: yes
  • Talarico: yes
  • Thompson: yes
  • Tinderholt: yes
  • Toth: yes
  • Turner: yes
  • VanDeaver: yes
  • Vasut: yes
  • Villalobos: yes
  • Vo: yes
  • Walle: yes
  • Ward Johnson: yes
  • Wu: yes
  • Zwiener: yes
  • Alders: no
  • Barry: no
  • Harris Davila: no
  • Hayes: no
  • Lowe: no
  • Lozano: no
  • Morgan: no
  • Olcott: no
  • Richardson: no
  • Shofner: no
  • Troxclair: no
  • Virdell: no
  • Wharton: no
  • Present: not voting
  • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
  • Absent: absent
  • Ashby: absent
  • Bernal: absent
  • Buckley: absent
  • Jones: absent
  • V: absent
  • Harrison: absent
  • Hickland: absent
  • Hinojosa: absent
  • Hull: absent
  • Lambert: absent
  • Louderback: absent
  • Morales, C.: absent
  • Schofield: absent
  • Tepper: absent
  • Wilson: absent

• other

  2025-05-27 · fail · 64-68

• passage

  2025-05-28 · pass · 75-58

  Member-level votes (151)

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

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