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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the display of the national motto in public schools and institutions of higher education."
+description: "Relating to the display of the national motto in public schools and institutions of higher education."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 797"
+citation: "Texas SB 797 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Hefner", "Huberty", "Hughes", "Noble", "Oliverson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-24"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b8acf6e-1e49-40b1-9194-84a6b2aadd6f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 797.xml"
+source_hash: "403e1310c2e90a2b8245d0e7fa1e47a5605c62cbbadd420babfaa1d717718c8c"
+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 797 (87) — Relating to the display of the national motto in public schools and institutions of higher education.
+
+## 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/SB00797I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00797E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00797H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00797S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00797F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **106–35** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+- Hefner — primary (person)
+- Huberty — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Noble — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
+- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Murr — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-02-24** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-19** Record vote
+- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-19** Record vote
+- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-21** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-11** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-11** Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
+- **2021-05-17** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-19** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-24** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-25** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-25** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-25** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-25** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-27** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-27** 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/3b8acf6e-1e49-40b1-9194-84a6b2aadd6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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