SB260

Signed by Governor
Authored by Joan Huffman (R)
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Caption: Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.
Initially Referred to Senate Finance Committee, chaired by a Republican
Last Referred to House Public Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
This bill would cost taxpayers $1,017,206,229.00 over five years, according to the Legislative Budget Bureau.
Co-authors: Alvarado (D); Bettencourt (R); Birdwell (R); Blanco (D); Campbell (R); Cook (D); Creighton (R); Eckhardt (D); Flores (R); Gutierrez (D); Hall (R); Hancock (R); J. Hinojosa (D); Kolkhorst (R); Menendez (D); Miles (D); Nichols (R); Paxton (R); Perry (R); Schwertner (R); West (D); Zaffirini (D)
Sponsors: Bonnen (R)


(S) Bonnen signed onto the bill as Sponsor
 

Nov 12, 2024


(S) Huffman signed onto the bill as Author
(S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate
(S) Filed
 

Jan 28, 2025


(S) Alvarado signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Paxton signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Co-author authorized
 

Jan 29, 2025


(S) Flores signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Co-author authorized
 

Feb 3, 2025


(S) Read first time
(S) Referred to the Senate Finance, chaired by a Republican
 

Feb 4, 2025


(S) Zaffirini signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Co-author authorized
 

Feb 5, 2025


(S) Bettencourt signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Co-author authorized
 

Feb 12, 2025


(S) Nichols signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Co-author authorized
 

Feb 25, 2025


(S) Gutierrez signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) J. Hinojosa signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Perry signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Co-author authorized
 

Feb 27, 2025


(S) Cook signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Co-author authorized
 

Mar 5, 2025


(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(S) Considered in public hearing
(S) Testimony taken in committee
(S) Vote taken in committee
 

Mar 10, 2025


(S) Reported favorably as substituted
(S) Committee report printed and distributed
 

Mar 11, 2025


(S) Kolkhorst signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Co-author authorized
(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Mar 12, 2025


(S) Birdwell signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Blanco signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Campbell signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Creighton signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Eckhardt signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Hall signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Hancock signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Menendez signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Miles signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Schwertner signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) West signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Co-author authorized
(S) Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day
(S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business
(S) Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

20250312_SB260_2R: Yea 31 (R 20, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini

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(S) Vote recorded in Journal
(S) Three day rule suspended
(S) Record vote
(S) Read 3rd time
(S) Passed

20250312_SB260_3R: Yea 31 (R 20, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini

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(S) Record vote
(S) Reported engrossed
 

Mar 13, 2025


(H) Received from the Senate
 

Apr 9, 2025


(H) Read first time
(H) Referred to the House Public Education, chaired by a Republican
 

Apr 15, 2025


(S) Senate Public Education met.
(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Committee substitute considered in committee
(H) Reported favorably as substituted
 

Apr 16, 2025


(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
(H) Committee report distributed
 

Apr 17, 2025


(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
(H) Laid out in lieu of companion
(H) Read 2nd time
(H) Passed to 3rd reading
(H) Record vote

RV#287: Yea 148 (R 87, D 61) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)
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Yea - Alders; Allen; Anchia; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zweiner

Absent - Cole

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(H) Read 3rd time
(H) Passed
(H) Record vote

RV#301: Yea 143 (R 85, D 58) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)
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Yea - Alders; Allen; Anchia; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zweiner

Absent - Gonzalez, M.; Kerwin; Lowe; Moody

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

Mary Gonzalez: "When Record No. 301 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)

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(H) Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
 

Apr 22, 2025


(S) House passage as amended reported
 

Apr 29, 2025


(S) House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
(S) Read
(S) Senate refuses to concur
(S) Senate requests conference committee
(S) Senate appoints conferees
(H) Senate refuses to concur-reported
(H) Senate requests conference committee-reported
(H) Senate appoints conferees-reported
 

May 19, 2025


(H) House grants request for conference committee
(H) House appoints conferees
 

May 20, 2025


(S) House grants request for conf comm-reported
(S) House appoints conferees-reported
 

May 27, 2025


(S) Conference committee report filed
 

May 28, 2025


(H) Conf. Comm. Report distributed
 

May 29, 2025


(H) House adopts conference committee report
(H) Record vote

RV#4052: Yea 132 (R 78, D 54) - Nay 1 (R 1, D 0)
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Yea - Anchia; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Thompson; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zweiner

Nay - Tepper

Absent - Alders; Gates; Guillen; Hinojosa; Jones, V.; Longoria; Manuel; McLaughlin; Rose; Tinderholt

Present, Not Voting - Burrows

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(S) House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
 

May 31, 2025


(S) Senate adopts conference committee report
(S) Record vote

20250531_SB260: Yea 31 (R 20, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini

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(H) Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
 

Jun 1, 2025


(S) Reported enrolled
(S) Signed in the Senate
 

Jun 2, 2025


(H) Signed in the House
(E) Sent to the Governor

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Wed 3/5/2025) Testifying before S Finance as James Hallamek for Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA)
(Wed 3/5/2025) Testifying before S Finance as Jean Mayer for Pflugerville ISD
(Wed 3/5/2025) Testifying before S Finance as Stephanie Holdren for Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as Brandon Garcia for self (with Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as Caitlyn Alexander for Texas Society of Architects
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as Colby Nichols for Leander ISD
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as Colby Nichols for Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA)
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as HD Chambers for Texas School Alliance
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as Heather Sheffield for self (with Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as Jennifer Szimanski for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT)
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as John Wilkerson for Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as Josh Sanderson for Equity Center
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as Kelsey Kling for self (with Texas American Federation of Teachers (AFT))
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as Mackenzie Kelly for Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as of Texas for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT)
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as Quinn McCall for Texas Classroom Teachers Association
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as Ray Hunt for Houston Police Officers Union (HPOU)
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as Ren Morris for self
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as Robin Foster for Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as Rory Petrakis for self
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as Ruben Longoria for Texas Association of School Boards (TASB)
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as Tory Morris for self
 

On

(Wed 3/5/2025) Testifying before S Finance as Maia Volk for Disability Rights Texas
(Wed 3/5/2025) Testifying before S Finance as Rebecca Fowler for
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as Amanda Afifi for self (with Texas Association of School Psychologists (TASP))
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as Amy Copeland for Texas Education Agency
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as Andy Kahan for State Commission on Judicial Conduct
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Finance as John Scott for Texas Education Agency



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