---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the requirement for certain administrators of certain educational entities to report certain educator misconduct to the State Board for Educator Certification."
description: "Relating to the requirement for certain administrators of certain educational entities to report certain educator misconduct to the State Board for Educator Certification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1476"
citation: "Texas SB 1476 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "REGIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE CENTERS (S0546)", "EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION", "STATE BOARD FOR (V0492)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "King, Ken"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ecaefa8-7e0e-4914-9cf4-14e3927f1370"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1476.xml"
source_hash: "5016283ef317c41b38dd740a64789ad6241a448cb672844933a13038832e6125"
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 1476 (86) — Relating to the requirement for certain administrators of certain educational entities to report certain educator misconduct to the State Board for Educator Certification.

## 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/SB01476I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- King, Ken — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-03** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** 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/3ecaefa8-7e0e-4914-9cf4-14e3927f1370`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).