---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to eliminating certain requirements imposed on school districts and other educational entities."
description: "Relating to eliminating certain requirements imposed on school districts and other educational entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1376"
citation: "Texas SB 1376 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Extracurricular Activities (I0247)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Special (I0243)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Environment--Recycling (I0336)", "Environment--Solid Waste (I0330)", "UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE (S0337)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION", "STATE BOARD FOR (V0492)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "González, Mary", "Patterson", "Paxton", "VanDeaver"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da874756-a24f-43fd-9a35-4dbb4c2bc77b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1376.xml"
source_hash: "ba794ea11ae9c4da7e87efa9f48a0e43cc52fe85c4c2ecfa0dea87c91bddca67"
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 SB 1376 (86) — Relating to eliminating certain requirements imposed on school districts and other educational entities.

## 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/SB01376I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- VanDeaver — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-04** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Constitutional three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** House passage reported
- **2019-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da874756-a24f-43fd-9a35-4dbb4c2bc77b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).