---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a study regarding the appropriate methods and standards to evaluate certain students participating in regional day school programs for the deaf."
description: "Relating to a study regarding the appropriate methods and standards to evaluate certain students participating in regional day school programs for the deaf."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "Texas SB 54 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Accountability (I0007)", "HEARING DISORDERS (S0136)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["González, Mary", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d19b6f44-2178-4c09-bf62-02643506cb53"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 54.xml"
source_hash: "65f2a6abe8ae70c3634ace39b8449ef881dce7b0808c19e38504ec6320ae4d17"
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 54 (86) — Relating to a study regarding the appropriate methods and standards to evaluate certain students participating in regional day school programs for the deaf.

## 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/SB00054I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **112–31** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Lucio — 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`
- **2019-03-19** 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
- **2019-04-04** 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
- **2019-04-12** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2019-04-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-17** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **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
- **2019-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** 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** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d19b6f44-2178-4c09-bf62-02643506cb53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).