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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to access by the Texas Education Agency and private schools to certain criminal history records."
+description: "Relating to access by the Texas Education Agency and private schools to certain criminal history records."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 1471"
+citation: "Texas SB 1471 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMINAL RECORDS (S0008)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Private (I0239)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Noble", "Walle", "Wilson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-02"
+last_action: "2023-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94a7b9b7-0dbb-4beb-8da7-0ecea27f8edd"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1471.xml"
+source_hash: "e5366abcb86a18afca24e03e48a1aec2431164c2f856983020f5f3bfe1bf71a5"
+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 1471 (88) — Relating to access by the Texas Education Agency and private schools to certain criminal history records.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/SB01471I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01471E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01471H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01471S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01471F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bettencourt — primary (person)
+- Noble — primary (person)
+- Walle — primary (person)
+- Wilson — primary (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-03-02** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-16** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-19** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-04-19** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-27** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-27** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-02** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-03** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-03** Record vote
+- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-03** Record vote
+- **2023-05-03** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-04** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-04** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-15** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-16** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-18** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-18** Record vote
+- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-19** Record vote
+- **2023-05-19** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-18** 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/94a7b9b7-0dbb-4beb-8da7-0ecea27f8edd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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