---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to creating a bilingual special education certification to teach students of limited English proficiency with disabilities."
description: "Relating to creating a bilingual special education certification to teach students of limited English proficiency with disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2256"
citation: "Texas HB 2256 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION", "STATE BOARD FOR (V0492)", "Education--Bilingual (I0213)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Special (I0243)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "González, Mary", "Guerra", "Guillen", "Rodriguez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 60
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd65a0df-414c-45dd-90dd-09ba9712225b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2256.xml"
source_hash: "a9f3e24e8310653b9a7f9ca21283a7f6cef084493ec052f421ed326704384c79"
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 HB 2256 (87) — Relating to creating a bilingual special education certification to teach students of limited English proficiency with disabilities.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02256I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02256E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02256H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02256S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02256F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **113–32** (fail) · upper
- passage — **113–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Guerra — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Record vote
- **2021-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-21** No action taken in committee
- **2021-05-22** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-25** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd65a0df-414c-45dd-90dd-09ba9712225b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).