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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the social studies curriculum in public schools."
+description: "Relating to the social studies curriculum in public schools."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 3979"
+citation: "Texas HB 3979 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF (V0086)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Creighton", "Leach", "Metcalf", "Parker", "Toth"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 145
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2021-03-11"
+last_action: "2021-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2931689d-9c2a-459e-97ba-bd6675f42964"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03900_HB03999/HB 3979.xml"
+source_hash: "b5a42f14ab0061ad3e196bae77065062e3b8ad188679242a8029667d4916ba45"
+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 3979 (87) — Relating to the social studies curriculum in public schools.
+
+## 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/HB03979I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03979E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03979H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03979S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03979F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **14–17** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **79–65** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **18–13** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **81–52** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bonnen — primary (person)
+- Creighton — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Metcalf — primary (person)
+- Parker — primary (person)
+- Toth — primary (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Cason — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
+- Krause — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-29** 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** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-29** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-30** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-04** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-03** Recommitted to committee
+- **2021-05-03** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-03** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-05-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-04** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-10** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-10** Point of order withdrawn
+- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-10** Point of order withdrawn
+- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-10** Record vote
+- **2021-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-10** Record vote
+- **2021-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-10** Point of order withdrawn
+- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-10** Point of order withdrawn
+- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-10** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-10** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
+- **2021-05-10** Amendment adopted as amended
+- **2021-05-10** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-05-10** Record vote
+- **2021-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-11** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-05-11** Record vote
+- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-11** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-05-11** Record vote
+- **2021-05-11** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-05-11** Record vote
+- **2021-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-11** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-11** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
+- **2021-05-11** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2021-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-11** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-05-11** Record vote
+- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-11** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-05-11** Record vote
+- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-11** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-05-11** Record vote
+- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-11** Point of order withdrawn
+- **2021-05-11** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-05-11** Record vote
+- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-11** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2021-05-11** Record vote
+- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-11** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-14** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-17** Posting rule suspended
+- **2021-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-22** Amendment to amendment offered
+- **2021-05-22** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
+- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-22** Amendment to amendment offered
+- **2021-05-22** Amendment to amendment withdrawn
+- **2021-05-22** Amendment to amendment offered
+- **2021-05-22** Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-22** Amendment to amendment offered
+- **2021-05-22** Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-22** Amendment to amendment offered
+- **2021-05-22** Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-22** Amendment to amendment offered
+- **2021-05-22** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
+- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-22** Amendment adopted as amended
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-28** Point of order sustained
+- **2021-05-28** Returned to the Senate for further action
+- **2021-05-28** Returned from the House for further action
+- **2021-05-28** Motion to recede from amendments
+- **2021-05-28** Point of order
+- **2021-05-28** Point of order overruled
+- **2021-05-28** Remarks ordered printed
+- **2021-05-28** Senate recedes from amendments
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-29** Senate recedes from amendments-reported
+- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-06-01** 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/2931689d-9c2a-459e-97ba-bd6675f42964`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+