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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to creating a bilingual special education certification to teach students of limited English proficiency with disabilities."
+description: "Relating to creating a bilingual special education certification to teach students of limited English proficiency with disabilities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 2256"
+citation: "Texas HB 2256 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION", "STATE BOARD FOR (V0492)", "Education--Bilingual (I0213)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Special (I0243)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "González, Mary", "Guerra", "Guillen", "Rodriguez"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 60
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-24"
+last_action: "2021-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd65a0df-414c-45dd-90dd-09ba9712225b"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2256.xml"
+source_hash: "a9f3e24e8310653b9a7f9ca21283a7f6cef084493ec052f421ed326704384c79"
+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 HB 2256 (87) — Relating to creating a bilingual special education certification to teach students of limited English proficiency with disabilities.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02256I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02256E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02256H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02256S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02256F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **113–32** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **113–32** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Creighton — primary (person)
+- González, Mary — primary (person)
+- Guerra — primary (person)
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Rodriguez — primary (person)
+- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-24** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-15** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-28** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-05** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-06** Record vote
+- **2021-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-06** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-10** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-21** No action taken in committee
+- **2021-05-22** Posting rule suspended
+- **2021-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-22** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-25** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-26** Record vote
+- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-15** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd65a0df-414c-45dd-90dd-09ba9712225b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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