---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the availability of school district trustee information on the Internet and a review of the essential knowledge and skills of certain curricula."
description: "Relating to the availability of school district trustee information on the Internet and a review of the essential knowledge and skills of certain curricula."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 963"
citation: "Texas HB 963 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)", "Science & Technology (I0751)", "TECHNICAL EDUCATION (S0453)", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF (V0086)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Bernal", "Howard", "Johnson, Jarvis", "Taylor"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e459d9a6-ede4-4152-97db-b22a2a73346b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 963.xml"
source_hash: "71541a7a7cba637052a08c8c9db7622036c31944f5c3e909b8c39efcb3f38c3d"
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 963 (86) — Relating to the availability of school district trustee information on the Internet and a review of the essential knowledge and skills of certain curricula.

## 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/HB00963I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **122–18** (fail) · upper
- passage — **122–18** (pass) · lower
- passage — **138–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Bernal — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Johnson, Jarvis — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-17** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-03** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **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** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-20** 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/e459d9a6-ede4-4152-97db-b22a2a73346b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).