---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to eligibility of certain children for free prekindergarten programs in public schools."
description: "Relating to eligibility of certain children for free prekindergarten programs in public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1679"
citation: "Texas SB 1679 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "PRESCHOOL & PREKINDERGARTEN (S0040)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernal", "Meyer", "Turner, John", "VanDeaver", "West"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fce05513-6f54-41e7-b70d-3ec1b96d355b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1679.xml"
source_hash: "c12b89463297b42c291b82ba5c26749c281eb9a6a3dd22fdf3b8201483d14534"
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 1679 (86) — Relating to eligibility of certain children for free prekindergarten programs in public schools.

## 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/SB01679I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **97–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bernal — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Turner, John — primary (person)
- VanDeaver — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Neave — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-17** Laid before the Senate
- **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** 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`
- **2019-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** House passage reported
- **2019-05-17** 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 on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fce05513-6f54-41e7-b70d-3ec1b96d355b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).