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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to behavior improvement plans and behavioral intervention plans for certain public school students and notification and documentation requirements regarding certain behavior management techniques."
+description: "Relating to behavior improvement plans and behavioral intervention plans for certain public school students and notification and documentation requirements regarding certain behavior management techniques."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 785"
+citation: "Texas HB 785 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Discipline (I0244)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Special (I0243)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "PARENTAL NOTIFICATION (S0319)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Johnson, Jarvis", "Reynolds", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-12-09"
+last_action: "2021-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6345f36f-3dc9-46e3-bcb9-7e7837947ad6"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 785.xml"
+source_hash: "1cbaaafe94d2fb075c0d3f71ad29d1dbdb2e6b079ee705f9a651b8fd04dd0191"
+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 785 (87) — Relating to behavior improvement plans and behavioral intervention plans for certain public school students and notification and documentation requirements regarding certain behavior management techniques.
+
+## 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/HB00785I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00785E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00785H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00785S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00785F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Johnson, Jarvis — primary (person)
+- Reynolds — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
+- Crockett — cosponsor (person)
+- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-01** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-03-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-16** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-23** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-03-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-03-26** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-01** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-07** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-07** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Record vote
+- **2021-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-08** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-08** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-12** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-19** Record vote
+- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-19** Record vote
+- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
+- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-04** 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/6345f36f-3dc9-46e3-bcb9-7e7837947ad6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+