---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a notice of educational rights for certain student evaluations."
description: "Relating to a notice of educational rights for certain student evaluations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 139"
citation: "Texas SB 139 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Special (I0243)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moody", "Rodríguez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0d32ad3-a36b-44c6-9897-357168a99ce9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00100_SB00199/SB 139.xml"
source_hash: "f9fd897d676dc305f5d25eb449e548fdb6f97a7960218d839caa03593ae345ae"
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 139 (86) — Relating to a notice of educational rights for certain student evaluations.

## 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/SB00139I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moody — primary (person)
- Rodríguez — primary (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-23** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-23** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-09** Co-author authorized
- **2019-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-10** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** House passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** 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/f0d32ad3-a36b-44c6-9897-357168a99ce9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).