---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to training requirements for a member of the board of trustees and the superintendent of an independent school district regarding sexual abuse, human trafficking, and other maltreatment of children."
description: "Relating to training requirements for a member of the board of trustees and the superintendent of an independent school district regarding sexual abuse, human trafficking, and other maltreatment of children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 403"
citation: "Texas HB 403 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "CHILD ABUSE (S4256)", "CONTINUING EDUCATION (S0234)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "SEXUAL ABUSE (S9791)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-26"
last_action: "2019-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a6b21e5-039d-45e8-b3a2-1228fb0d89f7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 403.xml"
source_hash: "1b77042e4ed3160ca7becc3823458dc65f872ba91222f786858ea65aa7381653"
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 403 (86) — Relating to training requirements for a member of the board of trustees and the superintendent of an independent school district regarding sexual abuse, human trafficking, and other maltreatment of children.

## 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/HB00403I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-26** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-02-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-02-26** 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** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-21** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Rereferred to committee
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-25** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a6b21e5-039d-45e8-b3a2-1228fb0d89f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).