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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to public school elective courses providing academic study of the Bible offered to certain students."
+description: "Relating to public school elective courses providing academic study of the Bible offered to certain students."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 2681"
+citation: "Texas HB 2681 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Religion (I0646)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Buckingham", "Noble", "Wilson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-03-03"
+last_action: "2021-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5273ccab-251f-4e65-86d8-b364ae5dafcb"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02600_HB02699/HB 2681.xml"
+source_hash: "5c6367f2bce3d2fc7c882a808a1224f57765430ce3b2bc61dfc89d2397eedf05"
+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 2681 (87) — Relating to public school elective courses providing academic study of the Bible offered to certain students.
+
+## 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/HB02681I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02681E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02681H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02681S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02681F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **143–1** (pass) · lower
+- other — **147–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **119–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
+- Buckingham — primary (person)
+- Noble — primary (person)
+- Wilson — primary (person)
+- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Cason — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
+- Krause — cosponsor (person)
+- Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-17** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-13** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-23** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-06** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-10** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-12** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-13** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-14** Record vote
+- **2021-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-16** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-17** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-17** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-20** Posting rule suspended
+- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-21** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-27** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-27** 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 immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5273ccab-251f-4e65-86d8-b364ae5dafcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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