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SB11
Signed by Governor Authored by Mayes Middleton (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools. Initially Referred to Senate Education K-16 Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to House State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
SB 11 allows public school districts and certain charter schools to adopt a policy requiring a daily period of prayer and Bible or other religious text reading. Participation requires signed consent from employees or students' parents, which includes a waiver of legal claims against the school. The policy must ensure that non-participating students and staff are not exposed to prayers or readings, and the practice cannot replace instructional time. The Texas Attorney General is required to provide legal guidance and defend districts that face lawsuits over this policy. School boards must vote on whether to adopt such a policy within six months of the bill's effective date.
(S) Alders signed onto the bill as (S) Ashby signed onto the bill as (S) Bell, K. signed onto the bill as (S) Cain signed onto the bill as (S) Curry signed onto the bill as (S) Harris signed onto the bill as (S) Harris Davila signed onto the bill as (S) Hayes signed onto the bill as (S) Hickland signed onto the bill as (S) Holt signed onto the bill as (S) Hopper signed onto the bill as (S) Isaac signed onto the bill as (S) Kerwin signed onto the bill as (S) Little signed onto the bill as (S) Lujan signed onto the bill as (S) McQueeney signed onto the bill as (S) Metcalf signed onto the bill as (S) Money signed onto the bill as (S) Noble signed onto the bill as (S) Olcott signed onto the bill as (S) Patterson signed onto the bill as (S) Pierson signed onto the bill as (S) Richardson signed onto the bill as (S) Shofner signed onto the bill as (S) Slawson signed onto the bill as (S) Spiller signed onto the bill as (S) Toth signed onto the bill as (S) Troxclair signed onto the bill as (S) Vasut signed onto the bill as (S) Virdell signed onto the bill as
Feb 10, 2025
(S) Middleton signed onto the bill as Author (S) A. Hinojosa signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Bettencourt signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Birdwell signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Campbell signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Creighton signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Flores signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Hagenbuch signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Hall signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Hancock signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Huffman signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Hughes signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) King signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Kolkhorst signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Nichols signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Parker signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Paxton signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Perry signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Schwertner signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Sparks signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate (S) Filed
Feb 11, 2025
(S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate Education K-16, chaired by a Republican
Mar 4, 2025
(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (S) Considered in public hearing (S) Testimony taken in committee (S) Vote taken in committee
Mar 5, 2025
(S) Reported favorably w/o amendments (S) Committee report printed and distributed
Mar 11, 2025
(S) Placed on intent calendar
Mar 13, 2025
(S) Not again placed on intent calendar
Mar 18, 2025
(S) Placed on intent calendar (S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business (S) Record vote (S) Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment (S) Record vote
20250318_SB11_2R: Yea 23 (R 20, D 3) - Nay 7 (R 0, D 7)
Nay - Alvarado; Cook; Eckhardt; Gutierrez; Johnson; Menendez; Miles
Absent - Blanco
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(S) Record vote (S) Reported engrossed
Mar 19, 2025
(H) Received from the Senate
Apr 17, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House State Affairs, chaired by a Republican
May 7, 2025
(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (H) Considered in public hearing (H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee (H) Left pending in committee
May 10, 2025
(H) Considered in formal meeting (H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 14, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (H) Committee report distributed
May 15, 2025
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
May 19, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars
May 21, 2025
(H) Placed on General State Calendar
May 22, 2025
(H) Read 2nd time (H) Point of order withdrawn (H) A Democrat amendment (No. 1) from Goodwin amended the bill. (H) Record vote
RV#3218: Yea 88 (R 83, D 5) - Nay 57 (R 1, D 56) View Source
Cody Vasut: "When Record No. 3315 was taken, I was presiding in the chair and was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
Trey Martinez Fischer: "When Record No. 3315 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
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(H) Rules suspended (H) Additional sponsor(s) authorized (S) House passage reported (S) Reported enrolled
May 26, 2025
(S) Signed in the Senate (H) Signed in the House
May 27, 2025
(E) Sent to the Governor
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
Against
(Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Andrew Hendrickson for American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (Wed 5/7/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Andrew Hendrickson for American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Dan Hinkle for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Jaime Puente for self (with Every Texan) (Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Jessica Cain for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Jody Harrison for self (with Texas Impact) (Wed 5/7/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Jody Harrison for self (with Texas Impact) (Wed 5/7/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Kevin Hale for self (with Libertarian Party of Texas) (Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Levi Fiedler for self (with Texas Freedom Network) (Wed 5/7/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Michelle Venegas-Matula for self (with Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry (TXUUJM)) (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Amanda Afifi for self (with Texas Association of School Psychologists (TASP)) (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Amber Jones for self (with Texas AFL-CIO) (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Bryce Stanfield for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Cameron Samuels for self (with Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT)) (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Carisa Lopez for self (with Texas Freedom Network) (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Chloe Latham Sikes for Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Courtney Toretto for self (with Anti-Defamation League) (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Danielle Bryant for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as David Albert for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Emily Hughitt for self (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Erin Walter for self (with Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry (TXUUJM)) (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Grace Bonilla for self (with Texas Impact) (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Grace Bonilla for self (with Texas Impact) (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Grey Orr for self (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Isaac Chavira for self (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Isabel Avila for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as James Hallamek for Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA) (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as James Hallamek for Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA) (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Jennifer Easley for Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA) (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Julia Kovach for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Kelsey Kling for self (with Texas American Federation of Teachers (AFT)) (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Maria Person for self (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Marti Bier for self (with Texas Freedom Network) (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Melanie Cofield for self (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Melanie Cofield for self (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Melanie Walter-Mahoney for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Miriam Laeky for Equality Texas (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Nicole Malone for National Association of Social Workers (NASW) (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Osman Moradel for Texas American Federation of Teachers (AFT) (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Paige Duggins-Clay for self (with Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA)) (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Pat Carlson for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Ren Morris for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Rory Petrakis for self (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Sarah Beck for self (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Shelton Green for Fellowship Southwest (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Stephanie Thompson for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Steven Bezner for self (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Steven Deline for self (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Susan Stewart for self (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Susana Carranza for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Taylor Fox for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Tory Morris for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Wendy Kalthoff for self
For
(Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Bonnie Wallace for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Brady Gray for self (with Texas Family Project) (Wed 5/7/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Daniel Hunt for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as David Barton for self (with WallBuilders) (Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Jake Wilson for self (Wed 5/7/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Jake Wilson for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Jonathan Covey for Texas Values (Wed 5/7/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Jonathan Covey for Texas Values (Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Jonathan Saenz for self (with Texas Values) (Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Joseph Kennedy for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Liz Case Pickens for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Mark Lugo for self (with At His Feet Ministries) (Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Matt Krause for First Liberty Institute (Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Richard Vega for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Tara Schulte for self (with Citizens Defending Freedom) (Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Timothy Barton for self (with WallBuilders) (Wed 5/7/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Vanessa Sivadge for self (with Protecting texas children) (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Addie Crimmins for ADF ACTION (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Anita Scott for self (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Ashley Fordinal for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Ashlynn Brown for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Christin Bentley for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Cindi Castilla for self (with Texas Eagle Forum) (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Cindi Castilla for self (with Texas Eagle Forum) (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Cindy Asmussen for self (with Southern Baptists of Texas Convention) (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Jennifer Madrid for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Jill Robbins for self (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Mary Castle for Texas Values (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Megan Benton for self (with Texas Values Action) (Wed 5/7/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as MICHELLE EVANS for self (with WILLIAMSON COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY) (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Richard Sanders for self (with Christian life commission) (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Shannon Ayres for self (with Citizens Defending Freedom)
On
(Tue 3/4/2025) Testifying before S Education K-16 as Steve Swanson for self (Wed 5/7/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Steve Swanson for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Daphne Hoffacker for self (Tue 3/4/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Eric Marin for Texas Education Agency
