---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to development of guidelines for the use of digital devices in public schools and a school district or open-enrollment charter school policy for the effective integration of those devices."
description: "Relating to development of guidelines for the use of digital devices in public schools and a school district or open-enrollment charter school policy for the effective integration of those devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3489"
citation: "Texas HB 3489 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE (S2425)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "INTERNET (S0130)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckley", "Dutton", "Ordaz Perez", "Parker", "Price", "Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20b15342-e6bd-4fae-9fdc-4ffd8cc90e38"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03400_HB03499/HB 3489.xml"
source_hash: "3c29c510feeafd5555d07f041ad802373dc9a4b85e7c78a6fbc925fa32e5846d"
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 3489 (87) — Relating to development of guidelines for the use of digital devices in public schools and a school district or open-enrollment charter school policy for the effective integration of those devices.

## 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/HB03489I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03489E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03489H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03489S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03489F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Buckley — primary (person)
- Dutton — primary (person)
- Ordaz Perez — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-23** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-23** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-05** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-11** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-21** Record vote
- **2021-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-21** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** 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/20b15342-e6bd-4fae-9fdc-4ffd8cc90e38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).