Feb 19, 2025
(S) Parker signed onto the bill as Author (S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate (S) Filed Mar 6, 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 10, 2025
(S) Reported favorably as substituted (S) Recommended for local & uncontested calendar (S) Committee report printed and distributed Apr 16, 2025
(S) Placed on local & uncontested calendar (S) Laid before the Senate (S) Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment (S) Vote recorded in Journal (S) Three day rule suspended (S) Record vote (S) Read 3rd time (S) Passed (S) Record vote (S) Reported engrossed Apr 17, 2025
(H) Received from the Senate Apr 22, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Higher Education, chaired by a Republican Apr 24, 2025
(H) Considered in formal meeting (H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) Apr 25, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator Apr 28, 2025
(H) Committee report distributed (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#703: Yea 104 (R 46 , D 58 ) - Nay 38 (R 38 , D 0 )View Source
Yea - Allen Anchia Ashby Barry Bell, C. Bell, K. Bernal Bhojani Bonnen Bowers Bryant Buckley Bucy Bumgarner Button Campos Canales Capriglione Cole Collier Cortez Craddick Curry Darby Davis, Y. Dean Dutton Dyson Fairly Flores Frank Gamez Garcia Hernandez Garcia, J. Garcia, L. Gerdes Geren Gervin-Hawkins Gonzalez, J. Gonzalez, M. Goodwin Guillen Harless Harris Davila Hefner Hernandez Hickland Hinojosa Howard Hull Hunter Johnson Jones, J. Jones, V. King Kitzman Lalani Lambert Landgraf Leach Longoria Lopez, J. Lopez, R. Lujan Manuel Martinez McQueeney Metcalf Meyer Meza Moody Morales, C. Morales, E. Morales Shaw Munoz Ordaz Orr Patterson Perez, M. Perez, V. Phelan Plesa Reynolds Rodriguez Ramos Romero Rose Rosenthal Schoolcraft Shaheen Simmons Spiller Talarico Thompson Troxclair Turner VanDeaver Villalobos Vo Walle Ward Johnson Wharton Wilson Wu Zwiener
Nay - Alders Cain Cook Cunningham DeAyala Dorazio Gates Harrison Hayes Holt Hopper Isaac Kerwin LaHood Leo Wilson Little Louderback Lowe Lozano Luther Money Morgan Noble Olcott Oliverson Paul Pierson Richardson Schatzline Schofield Shofner Slawson Swanson Tepper Tinderholt Toth Vasut Virdell
Absent - Guerra Martinez Fischer McLaughlin Raymond Smithee
Present, Not Voting - Burrows Harris
Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.
R. D. Guerra: "When Record No. 703 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) Read 3rd time (H) Passed (H) Record vote RV#801: Yea 104 (R 46 , D 58 ) - Nay 39 (R 38 , D 1 )View Source
Yea - Allen Anchia Ashby Barry Bell, C. Bell, K. Bernal Bhojani Bonnen Bowers Bryant Buckley Bucy Bumgarner Button Campos Capriglione Cole Collier Cortez Craddick Cunningham Curry Darby Davis, A. Davis, Y. Dean Dutton Dyson Fairly Flores Frank Gamez Garcia Hernandez Garcia, J. Garcia, L. Gerdes Gervin-Hawkins Gonzalez, J. Gonzalez, M. Goodwin Guerra Guillen Harless Harris Hefner Hernandez Hickland Holt Howard Hull Hunter Johnson Jones, J. Kerwin King Kitzman Lalani Lambert Leach Longoria Lopez, J. Lopez, R. Lozano Lujan Manuel Martinez Martinez Fischer McQueeney Metcalf Meyer Meza Moody Morales, C. Morales, E. Morales Shaw Munoz Oliverson Ordaz Orr Patterson Perez, M. Perez, V. Phelan Plesa Raymond Reynolds Rodriguez Ramos Romero Rose Rosenthal Shaheen Simmons Smithee Spiller Talarico Thompson Turner VanDeaver Villalobos Vo Ward Johnson Wu Zwiener
Nay - Alders Cain Canales Cook DeAyala Dorazio Gates Harris Davila Harrison Hayes Hopper Isaac LaHood Leo Wilson Little Louderback Lowe Luther McLaughlin Money Morgan Noble Olcott Paul Pierson Richardson Schatzline Schofield Schoolcraft Shofner Slawson Swanson Tinderholt Toth Troxclair Vasut Virdell Wharton Wilson
Absent - Geren Hinojosa Jones, V. Tepper
Present, Not Voting - Burrows Landgraf
Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.
Helen Kerwin: "When Record No. 801 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep )
Venton Jones: "When Record No. 801 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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(S) Signed in the Senate May 1, 2025
(H) Signed in the House (E) Sent to the Governor May 13, 2025
(E) Signed by the Governor (E) Effective immediately
(S) Johnson signed onto the bill as Sponsor 
