---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the suspension of a student who is homeless from public school."
description: "Relating to the suspension of a student who is homeless from public school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 692"
citation: "Texas HB 692 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Discipline (I0244)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "HOMELESS (S0243)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson", "White", "Wu"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7159710a-91da-4213-801e-394cb56f67ac"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 692.xml"
source_hash: "770bc93fa71f5930f8a717774b53a44010ec184ea73d08dd925841ca0306998a"
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 692 (86) — Relating to the suspension of a student who is homeless from public school.

## 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/86R/billtext/html/HB00692I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **140–2** (fail) · upper
- passage — **140–2** (pass) · lower
- passage — **145–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **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 as amended reported
- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7159710a-91da-4213-801e-394cb56f67ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).