Relating to liability of public schools and professional school employees for sexual misconduct involving students
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Officially: “Relating to liability of public schools and professional school employees for sexual misconduct involving students.” Read the full text
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89th Legislature (2025)
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Filed · Mar 12, 2025
Read first time · Apr 3, 2025
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence · Apr 3, 2025
Scheduled for public hearing on . . . · Apr 9, 2025
Considered in public hearing · Apr 9, 2025
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee · Apr 9, 2025
Left pending in committee · Apr 9, 2025
Considered in formal meeting · May 1, 2025
Committee substitute considered in committee · May 1, 2025
Reported favorably as substituted · May 1, 2025
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator · May 7, 2025
Committee report distributed · May 7, 2025
Committee report sent to Calendars · May 8, 2025
Considered in Calendars · May 8, 2025
Placed on General State Calendar · May 10, 2025
Read 2nd time · May 13, 2025
Amendment(s) offered · May 13, 2025
Amendment amended · May 13, 2025
Record vote · May 13, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · May 13, 2025
Amendment adopted as amended · May 13, 2025
Amendment(s) offered · May 13, 2025
Point of order withdrawn (amendment) · May 13, 2025
Amendment withdrawn · May 13, 2025
Passed to engrossment as amended · May 14, 2025
Record vote · May 14, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · May 14, 2025
Read 3rd time · May 14, 2025
Passed · May 14, 2025
Record vote · May 14, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · May 14, 2025
Reason for vote recorded in Journal · May 14, 2025
Reported engrossed · May 14, 2025
Received from the House · May 15, 2025
Read first time · May 16, 2025
Referred to Education K-16 · May 16, 2025
Co-sponsor authorized · May 19, 2025
Co-sponsor authorized · May 20, 2025
Co-sponsor authorized · May 21, 2025
Posting rule suspended · May 21, 2025
Co-sponsor authorized · May 22, 2025
Scheduled for public hearing on . . . · May 22, 2025
Considered in public hearing · May 22, 2025
Testimony taken in committee · May 22, 2025
Left pending in committee · May 22, 2025
Co-sponsor authorized · May 25, 2025
Co-sponsor authorized · May 26, 2025
Considered in public hearing · May 26, 2025
Vote taken in committee · May 26, 2025
Reported favorably as substituted · May 26, 2025
Committee report printed and distributed · May 26, 2025
Co-sponsor authorized · May 27, 2025
Placed on intent calendar · May 27, 2025
Rules suspended-Regular order of business · May 27, 2025
Read 2nd time · May 27, 2025
Amendment(s) offered · May 27, 2025
Amended · May 27, 2025
Vote recorded in Journal · May 27, 2025
Passed to 3rd reading as amended · May 27, 2025
Vote recorded in Journal · May 27, 2025
Three day rule suspended · May 27, 2025
Record vote · May 27, 2025
Read 3rd time · May 27, 2025
Passed · May 27, 2025
Record vote · May 27, 2025
Senate passage as amended reported · May 28, 2025
Senate Amendments distributed · May 29, 2025
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed · May 29, 2025
House concurs in Senate amendment(s) · May 30, 2025
Record vote · May 30, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · May 30, 2025
Text of Senate Amendment(s) · May 30, 2025
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported · May 30, 2025
Reported enrolled · May 31, 2025
Signed in the House · Jun 1, 2025
Signed in the Senate · Jun 1, 2025
Sent to the Governor · Jun 2, 2025
Signed by the Governor · Jun 20, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25 · Jun 20, 2025
The numbers
45
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
LittleDuttonLeo WilsonAldersBarryBell, KeithBonnenBuckleyBumgarnerButtonCapriglioneDeAyalaGarcia, JoseyGerdesHarlessHarrisHefnerHicklandHopperHullHunterKerwinKitzmanLaHoodLandgrafLopez, JanieLoweLutherMcQueeneyMetcalfMoneyOliversonPattersonPiersonRichardsonSchoolcraftShofnerSlawsonTothTroxclair
Recorded votes
The motion to concur in the senate amendments to HB 4623 prevailed byHouse · 2025-05-30 · Yeas 106, Nays 28, Present, not voting 2
HBi4623 was passed byHouse · 2025-05-14 · Yeas 109, Nays 19, Present, not voting 6
CSHB 4623, as amended, was passed to engrossment byHouse · 2025-05-14 · Yeas 127, Nays 6, Present, not voting 1
Amendment No. 2 was adopted byHouse · 2025-05-13 · Yeas 123, Nays 9, Present, not voting 3
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Texas legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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