---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to parental notification by a school district regarding high school graduation requirements."
description: "Relating to parental notification by a school district regarding high school graduation requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 232"
citation: "Texas SB 232 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "PARENTAL NOTIFICATION (S0319)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernal", "Menéndez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-12"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4eb06e4f-4247-474a-9ac8-28e3434fc3e9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 232.xml"
source_hash: "37250a51c23cee50e901417dd0d1e780571577492d82d693d3f1472528011761"
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 232 (86) — Relating to parental notification by a school district regarding high school graduation requirements.

## 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/SB00232I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bernal — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2018-12-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-23** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-03** Co-author authorized
- **2019-05-03** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-16** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-17** 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** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **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/4eb06e4f-4247-474a-9ac8-28e3434fc3e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).