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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to allowing the chair of the State Board of Education to employ personnel to assist in performing the board's duties."
+description: "Relating to allowing the chair of the State Board of Education to employ personnel to assist in performing the board's duties."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 3627"
+citation: "Texas HB 3627 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF (V0086)", "State Employees (I0626)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Davis, Aicha", "Leo Wilson", "Sparks", "Tepper"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-03-03"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/778ce7e8-c88b-40b7-b6c1-7803ba033a9f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03600_HB03699/HB 3627.xml"
+source_hash: "5f3bca0b149edb9598d8ab27a26d1936b20c91d847d796f4c91a52961b1383cc"
+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 3627 (89R) — Relating to allowing the chair of the State Board of Education to employ personnel to assist in performing the board's duties.
+
+## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB03627I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03627E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03627H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03627S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03627F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **136–10** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **112–17** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Davis, Aicha — primary (person)
+- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
+- Sparks — primary (person)
+- Tepper — primary (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-03** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-25** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-04-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-22** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-04-29** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-02** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-07** Record vote
+- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-08** Record vote
+- **2025-05-08** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-09** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-05-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-05-20** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-21** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-23** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2025-05-23** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2025-05-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-05-23** Record vote
+- **2025-05-23** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-23** Record vote
+- **2025-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-05-25** Record vote
+- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-25** Record vote
+- **2025-05-26** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/778ce7e8-c88b-40b7-b6c1-7803ba033a9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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