Feb 12, 2025
(S) Birdwell signed onto the bill as Author (S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate (S) Filed Feb 28, 2025
(S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate Education K-16, chaired by a Republican Apr 3, 2025
(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (S) Considered in public hearing (S) Testimony taken in committee (S) Left pending in committee Apr 8, 2025
(S) Considered in public hearing (S) Vote taken in committee Apr 24, 2025
(S) Reported favorably w/o amendments (S) Committee report printed and distributed May 1, 2025
(S) Placed on intent calendar May 5, 2025
(S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business (S) Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment 20250505_SB1242_E: 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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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) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Higher Education, chaired by a Republican May 13, 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 19, 2025
(H) Considered in formal meeting (H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) May 20, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (H) Committee report distributed May 21, 2025
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars May 22, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars May 24, 2025
(H) Placed on General State Calendar May 27, 2025
(H) Read 2nd time (H) Passed to 3rd reading (H) Read 3rd time (H) Passed (H) Record vote RV#3677: Yea 140 (R 85 , D 55 ) - Nay 1 (R 0 , D 1 )View Source
Yea - Alders Allen Anchia Ashby Barry Bell, C. Bell, K. Bernal Bhojani Bonnen Bryant Buckley Bucy Bumgarner Button Cain Capriglione Cole Collier Cook Craddick Cunningham Curry Darby Davis, A. Davis, Y. Dean DeAyala Dorazio Dyson Fairly Flores Frank Gamez 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, C. Morales, E. Morales Shaw 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 Villalobos Walle Ward Johnson Wharton Wilson Wu Zwiener
Nay - Dutton
Absent - Campos Cortez Garcia Hernandez Virdell
Present, Not Voting - Burrows Vasut
Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.
Cassandra Garcia Hernandez: "When Record No. 3677 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 )
Liz Campos: "When Record No. 3677 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep )
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(S) Signed in the Senate May 30, 2025
(H) Signed in the House (E) Sent to the Governor
(S) Wilson signed onto the bill as Sponsor 
