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Introduced
Feb 24, 2025
Passed Senate
Mar 19, 2025
Passed House
May 25, 2025
Signed into Law

SB 12

Texas Senate Bill

Relating to parental rights in public education, to certain public school requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction, diversity, equity, and inclusion duties, and social transitioning, and to student clubs at public schools.

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executive • Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25

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Mar 19, 2024, Senate

CSSB 12, Relating to parental rights in public education, to certain public school requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction and diversity, equity, and inclusion duties, and to student clubs at public schools. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 11.

Mar 19, 2024, Senate

The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 11. (Same as previous roll call)

May 31, 2024, Senate

On motion of Senator Creighton, the Conference Committee Report was adopted by the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 11.

May 31, 2024, Senate

SB 12 (77 Yeas, 40 Nays, 2 Present, not voting)

May 24, 2025, House

Amendment No. 5 failed of adoption by (Record 3493): 50 Yeas, 83 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

ABSENT: 15

NOT VOTING: 2

Dustin Burrows
Landgraf(C)

Sources

https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/89R/HTML/89RDAY72FINAL.HTM

May 24, 2025, House

CSSB 12, as amended, was passed to third reading by (Record 3499): 85 Yeas, 48 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

ABSENT: 14

NOT VOTING: 3

Sources

https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/89R/HTML/89RDAY72FINAL.HTM

May 24, 2025, House

Amendment No. 6 was adopted by (Record 3494): 83 Yeas, 48 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

ABSENT: 17

NOT VOTING: 2

Dustin Burrows
Landgraf(C)

Sources

https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/89R/HTML/89RDAY72FINAL.HTM

May 24, 2025, House

Amendment No. 11 failed of adoption by (Record 3497): 50 Yeas, 85 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

ABSENT: 13

NOT VOTING: 2

Dustin Burrows
Vasut(C)

Sources

https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/89R/HTML/89RDAY72FINAL.HTM

May 25, 2025, House

SB 12 was passed by (Record 3506): 88 Yeas, 47 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

ABSENT: 12

NOT VOTING: 3

Sources

https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/89R/HTML/89RDAY73FINAL.HTM

May 31, 2025, House

The motion to adopt the conference committee report on SB 12 prevailed by (Record 4119): 77 Yeas, 40 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

NOT VOTING: 2

Sources

https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/89R/HTML/89RDAY79FINAL.HTM

Actions

Jun 20, 2025 | executive
- Signed by the Governor
- Effective on 9/1/25
Jun 03, 2025 | executive
- Sent to the Governor
Jun 02, 2025 | House
- Signed in the House
Jun 02, 2025 | Senate
- Signed in the Senate
Jun 01, 2025 | Senate
- Reported enrolled
May 31, 2025 | Senate
- House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
May 31, 2025 | House
- Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- Point of order overruled Rule 8,Section 1(a)(1)
- House adopts conference committee report
- Record vote RV#4119
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 31, 2025 | Senate
- Co-author authorized
- Senate adopts conference committee report
- Record vote
May 30, 2025 | House
- Conf. Comm. Report distributed
May 30, 2025 | Senate
- Conference committee report filed
May 29, 2025 | Senate
- House grants request for conf comm-reported
- House appoints conferees-reported
May 29, 2025 | House
- House grants request for conference committee
- House appoints conferees
May 28, 2025 | House
- Senate refuses to concur-reported
- Senate requests conference committee-reported
- Senate appoints conferees-reported
May 28, 2025 | Senate
- House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- Read
- Senate refuses to concur
- Senate requests conference committee
- Senate appoints conferees
May 26, 2025 | Senate
- House passage as amended reported
May 25, 2025 | House
- Point of order overruled Rule 8, Section 3
- Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- Record vote RV#3499
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- Read 3rd time
- Passed
- Record vote RV#3506
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 25, 2025 | Senate
- Co-author authorized
May 24, 2025 | House
- Placed on General State Calendar
- Read 2nd time
- Point of order withdrawn Rule 4, Section 18(b), and Rule 4, Section 32(b)(10)
- Point of order withdrawn Rule 4, Section 32(c)(2)
- Amended 1-Leach
- Record vote RV#3489
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- Amendment fails of adoption 2-J. González
- Record vote RV#3490
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- Amendment fails of adoption 3-J. Garcia
- Record vote RV#3491
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- Amendment fails of adoption 4-Bowers
- Record vote RV#3492
- Amendment fails of adoption 5-Manuel
- Record vote RV#3493
- Amended 6-Money
- Record vote RV#3494
- Amendment(s) offered 7-Toth, Schatzline, Money, Richardson, Virdell, Alders, Tinderholt, Cain, Swanson, Schofield, More
- Point of order withdrawn (amendment) Rule 11, Section 2
- Amendment withdrawn 7-Toth
- Amendment fails of adoption 8-Dutton
- Record vote RV#3495
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- Amended 9-Schatzline, Toth, Cain, Harrison, Hopper, Richardson, Holt, Schoolcraft, Money, Olcott, More
- Record vote RV#3496
- Amendment(s) offered 10-Schoolcraft
- Point of order withdrawn (amendment) Rule 11, Section 3
- Amendment to amendment fails of adoption 11-Turner
- Record vote RV#3497
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- Point of order withdrawn (amendment) Rule 11, Section 8(b)
- Amendment withdrawn 10-Schoolcraft
- Amended 12-Toth
- Record vote RV#3498
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 22, 2025 | House
- Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- Committee report distributed
- Committee report sent to Calendars
- Considered in Calendars
May 21, 2025 | House
- Considered in formal meeting
- Vote reconsidered in committee
- Committee substitute considered in committee
- Reported favorably as substituted
May 16, 2025 | House
- Considered in formal meeting
- Committee substitute considered in committee
- Reported favorably as substituted
May 13, 2025 | House
- Scheduled for public hearing on . . . 05/13/2025
- Considered in public hearing
- Committee substitute considered in committee
- Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- Left pending in committee
Apr 22, 2025 | House
- Read first time
- Referred to Public Education
Mar 20, 2025 | House
- Received from the Senate
Mar 19, 2025 | Senate
- Co-author authorized
- Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- Record vote
- Read 2nd time
- Point of order
- Point of order withdrawn
- Amendment(s) offered FA1 Creighton
- Amended
- Vote recorded in Journal
- Amendment(s) offered FA2 Hughes
- Amended
- Vote recorded in Journal
- Amendment(s) offered FA3 Hughes
- Amended
- Vote recorded in Journal
- Passed to engrossment as amended
- Record vote
- Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- Record vote
- Read 3rd time
- Passed
- Record vote
- Reported engrossed
Mar 18, 2025 | Senate
- Placed on intent calendar
Mar 17, 2025 | Senate
- Reported favorably as substituted
- Committee report printed and distributed
Mar 13, 2025 | Senate
- Considered in public hearing
- Vote taken in committee
Mar 12, 2025 | Senate
- Co-author authorized
Mar 06, 2025 | Senate
- Co-author authorized
Feb 27, 2025 | Senate
- Scheduled for public hearing on . . . 02/27/2025
- Considered in public hearing
- Testimony taken in committee
- Left pending in committee
Feb 24, 2025 | Senate
- Received by the Secretary of the Senate
- Filed
- Read first time
- Referred to Education K-16

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https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB12