---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to matters regarding educators, including the composition of the State Board for Educator Certification, the issuance of certain sanctions by the board, and requiring a school district to notify a teacher regarding the submission of certain complaints to the board."
description: "Relating to matters regarding educators, including the composition of the State Board for Educator Certification, the issuance of certain sanctions by the board, and requiring a school district to notify a teacher regarding the submission of certain complaints to the board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2519"
citation: "Texas HB 2519 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION", "STATE BOARD FOR (V0492)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darby", "Dutton", "Huberty", "Murr", "Talarico", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23f947b1-d266-46e6-8835-fd354d362adb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02500_HB02599/HB 2519.xml"
source_hash: "7639dad8140a29e27302473cde88d4859a03c32caf4713280d114d1f5d3a7255"
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 2519 (87) — Relating to matters regarding educators, including the composition of the State Board for Educator Certification, the issuance of certain sanctions by the board, and requiring a school district to notify a teacher regarding the submission of certain complaints to the board.

## 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/HB02519I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02519E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02519H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02519S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02519F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **133–11** (fail) · upper
- passage — **143–5** (pass) · lower
- passage — **133–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darby — primary (person)
- Dutton — primary (person)
- Huberty — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)
- Talarico — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-23** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-30** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-09** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-21** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-21** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** 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
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** 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/23f947b1-d266-46e6-8835-fd354d362adb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).