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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the transfer of certain public school students to a school district offering in-person instruction."
+description: "Relating to the transfer of certain public school students to a school district offering in-person instruction."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 481"
+citation: "Texas SB 481 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Schofield"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-27"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25d60f62-1526-42a7-9ba6-f67d135d0bdf"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 481.xml"
+source_hash: "be2d817b57aa980cc95970a3da98ffda5c01cf2697d527c616ff8d8572949ae1"
+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 481 (87) — Relating to the transfer of certain public school students to a school district offering in-person instruction.
+
+## 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/SB00481I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00481E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00481H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00481S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00481F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **139–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+- Schofield — primary (person)
+- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-01-27** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-09** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-03-25** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-08** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-09** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-09** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-09** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-09** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-09** Record vote
+- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-09** Record vote
+- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-15** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-27** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-03** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-13** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-23** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-23** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-16** 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/25d60f62-1526-42a7-9ba6-f67d135d0bdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+