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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the inclusion of civics instruction in public school government curriculum requirements for high school students."
+description: "Relating to the inclusion of civics instruction in public school government curriculum requirements for high school students."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 824"
+citation: "Texas HB 824 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF (V0086)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Cunningham", "Jones, Jolanda", "LaHood", "Leo Wilson", "Middleton"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 59
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-11-12"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db8bde84-66a5-468c-a7b5-97af3769562e"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 824.xml"
+source_hash: "2d9f4ef171c201f5c1cc8d5aa7505b5550c907e890fc30817af3c1210eb429cd"
+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 824 (89R) — Relating to the inclusion of civics instruction in public school government curriculum requirements for high school students.
+
+## 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/HB00824I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00824E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00824H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00824S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00824F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **123–18** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **124–18** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Cunningham — primary (person)
+- Jones, Jolanda — primary (person)
+- LaHood — primary (person)
+- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
+- Middleton — primary (person)
+- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
+- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
+- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis, Aicha — cosponsor (person)
+- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
+- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
+- Flores — cosponsor (person)
+- Garcia, Josey — cosponsor (person)
+- Garcia, Linda — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
+- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Howard — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
+- McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
+- Meza — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
+- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
+- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
+- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
+- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodríguez Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+- Ward Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Wharton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-05** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-19** Referred to s/c on Academic & Career-Oriented Education by chair `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
+- **2025-04-03** Considered by s/c in public hearing
+- **2025-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
+- **2025-04-03** Left pending in subcommittee
+- **2025-04-22** Recalled from subcommittee
+- **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`
+- **2025-04-30** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-04-30** Vote reconsidered in committee
+- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-06** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-12** Passed to engrossment
+- **2025-05-12** Record vote
+- **2025-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-13** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-13** Record vote
+- **2025-05-13** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-14** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-14** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2025-05-21** Posting rule suspended
+- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-22** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-05-22** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-23** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-28** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** 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/db8bde84-66a5-468c-a7b5-97af3769562e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+