---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to instruction in positive character traits and personal skills in public schools."
description: "Relating to instruction in positive character traits and personal skills in public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 123"
citation: "Texas SB 123 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF (V0086)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Turner, John"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd1584e6-dd2d-413f-a5cf-fb6a97d7e690"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00100_SB00199/SB 123.xml"
source_hash: "af31157d429f29cf28dc781047c2f975746015d4534dfb904e813203dea051f9"
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 123 (87) — Relating to instruction in positive character traits and personal skills in public schools.

## 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/SB00123I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00123E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00123H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00123S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00123F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Turner, John — primary (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-27** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-03** Co-author authorized
- **2021-05-05** Co-author authorized
- **2021-05-05** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-05** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-05** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-19** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-22** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-23** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** House passage reported
- **2021-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-29** 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/fd1584e6-dd2d-413f-a5cf-fb6a97d7e690`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).