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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to visit a professional's workplace for a career investigation day."
+description: "Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to visit a professional's workplace for a career investigation day."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 68"
+citation: "Texas SB 68 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Murr", "Talarico", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-11-14"
+last_action: "2023-05-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cf32c25-51f7-4ea3-94c0-14ca590c9049"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 68.xml"
+source_hash: "be4cd2d9fe004e10ea4dda4e033093c3d0375fe829ebe029bbdb75c7a44a4837"
+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 68 (88) — Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to visit a professional's workplace for a career investigation day.
+
+## 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/SB00068I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00068E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00068H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00068S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00068F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **139–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Murr — primary (person)
+- Talarico — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-11-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-15** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-03-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-08** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-03-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-03-13** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-05** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-17** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-04-19** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-19** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-20** Record vote
+- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Record vote
+- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-25** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2023-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-11** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-11** Record vote
+- **2023-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-11** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-11** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-12** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-12** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-24** 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/9cf32c25-51f7-4ea3-94c0-14ca590c9049`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+