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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to eligibility of certain children for free prekindergarten programs in public schools."
+description: "Relating to eligibility of certain children for free prekindergarten programs in public schools."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 1679"
+citation: "Texas SB 1679 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "PRESCHOOL & PREKINDERGARTEN (S0040)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bernal", "Meyer", "Turner, John", "VanDeaver", "West"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-03-06"
+last_action: "2019-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fce05513-6f54-41e7-b70d-3ec1b96d355b"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1679.xml"
+source_hash: "c12b89463297b42c291b82ba5c26749c281eb9a6a3dd22fdf3b8201483d14534"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas SB 1679 (86) — Relating to eligibility of certain children for free prekindergarten programs in public schools.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB01679I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **97–43** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bernal — primary (person)
+- Meyer — primary (person)
+- Turner, John — primary (person)
+- VanDeaver — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
+- Neave — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-14** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-11** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-04-17** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-17** Record vote
+- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-17** Record vote
+- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-23** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-03** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-17** House passage reported
+- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-04** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fce05513-6f54-41e7-b70d-3ec1b96d355b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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