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HB1225   Signed by the Governor
This bill would cost taxpayers $22,094,160.00 over five years, according to the Legislative Budget Bureau.
Referred to House Public Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to the administration of certain required assessment instruments in paper format.
Republican Bill, authored by Metcalf; Harris, Cody; Hefner; Dean; Shaheen
Co-authors: Goldman; Price
Sponsors: Zaffirini
Co-sponsors: Paxton

View at Texas Legislature Online

Mon 1/9/2023


(H) Filed
(H) Will Metcalf signed onto the bill as Author
 

Fri 3/3/2023


(H) Referred to the House Public Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 3/14/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Craig Goldman signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Four Price signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Cody Harris signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Cole Hefner signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Jay Dean signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) House Public Education Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
 

Tue 4/18/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Public Education Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Buckley; Allen; Allison; Cunningham; Harris, Cody; Harrison; Hefner; Hinojosa; King, Ken; Longoria; Schaefer; Talarico) Absents (Dutton)
 

Wed 4/26/2023


(H) Referred to the House Calendars Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 5/2/2023


(H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Metcalf amended the bill.
 

Wed 5/3/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 921 (HB 1225 was passed)

RV#921: Yeas 146 (R 84, D 62) - Nays 0 (R 0, D 0)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slaton; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

Bhojani: "When Record No. 921 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


(H) Matt Shaheen signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Fri 5/5/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Wed 5/10/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Thu 5/11/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Tue 5/16/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 31 (R 19, D 12) - Nays 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hall; Hancock; Hinojosa; Huffman; Hughes; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; LaMantia; Menéndez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; Springer; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

 

Thu 5/18/2023


(H) Signed in the House
(S) Signed in the Senate
 

Fri 6/2/2023


(E) Signed by the Governor


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Tue 3/14/2023) Testifying before House Public Education as Griffith, Carrie for Texas State Teacher Association
(Tue 3/14/2023) Testifying before House Public Education as Rush, Ana for self (with Del Valle ISD)
(Wed 5/10/2023) Testifying before Senate Education as Rush, Ana for self (with Del Valle ISD)
(Tue 3/14/2023) Testifying before House Public Education as Trevino, Theresa for self (with Texans Advocating for Meaningful Student Assessment)
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Aleman, Steven for Disability Rights Texas
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Beneski, Amy for Texas Association of School Administrators
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Calvert, Raif for Texas Association of School Boards
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Carney, Dee for Texas School Alliance
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Carney, Dee for Texas School Alliance
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Cave, Tricia for Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE)
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Chevalier, Andrea for Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE)
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Chevalier, Dr. Andrea for Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE)
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Fowler, Elaina for Texas State Teacher Association
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Griffith, Idona for self
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Haenisch, Barry for Texas Association of Community Schools
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Haenisch, Barry for Texas Association of Community Schools
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Holleman, Will for Raise Your Hand Texas
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as McCreary, Casey for Texas Association of School Administrators
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Stewart, Susan for self
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Terry, Mark for Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Wiggins, Mark for Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE)
 

On

(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Marin, Eric for Texas Education Agency
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Marin, Eric for Texas Education Agency
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as McGuire, Kristin for Texas Education Agency
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Porter, Justin for Texas Education Agency
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Tian, Iris for Texas Education Agency



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