---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the United States history end-of-course assessment instrument administered to public high school students and reporting requirements for that assessment instrument."
description: "Relating to the United States history end-of-course assessment instrument administered to public high school students and reporting requirements for that assessment instrument."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1244"
citation: "Texas HB 1244 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Testing (I0229)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison", "Ashby", "Campbell", "Huberty", "King, Ken", "VanDeaver"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2592c7dc-9a64-437e-86c7-1e10252cf369"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1244.xml"
source_hash: "01726c16d642c72c0f812c1c28b5cd0e6773155742b968569fb23360416512a1"
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 1244 (86) — Relating to the United States history end-of-course assessment instrument administered to public high school students and reporting requirements for that assessment instrument.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01244I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **138–1** (pass) · lower
- other — **138–1** (fail) · upper
- passage — **142–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allison — primary (person)
- Ashby — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Huberty — primary (person)
- King, Ken — primary (person)
- VanDeaver — primary (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, John — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-31** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-05** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-06** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-12** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-03-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-03-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-20** Record vote
- **2019-03-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-20** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-21** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2592c7dc-9a64-437e-86c7-1e10252cf369`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).