---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to teacher requirements for high quality prekindergarten programs."
description: "Relating to teacher requirements for high quality prekindergarten programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2729"
citation: "Texas HB 2729 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242)", "PRESCHOOL & PREKINDERGARTEN (S0040)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Harris, Cody"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 75
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-23"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/363c6696-c9ce-4e0f-ae39-73f4d57cb4f9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2729.xml"
source_hash: "49f0028c791d61624408fd64b87f8b1ad94fe4de7ba74d7c5a57f29ac43c31e1"
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 2729 (88) — Relating to teacher requirements for high quality prekindergarten programs.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB02729I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02729E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02729H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02729S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02729F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **93–47** (pass) · lower
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **104–38** (pass) · lower
- passage — **93–47** (pass) · upper
- passage — **95–48** (pass) · lower
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Harris, Cody — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-21** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-21** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-28** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-28** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-04** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-01** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-01** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-01** Record vote
- **2023-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-02** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-05** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Posting rule suspended
- **2023-05-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-11** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-11** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-18** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-18** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-18** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-25** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-25** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2023-05-25** House requests conference committee
- **2023-05-25** House appoints conferees
- **2023-05-25** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2023-05-25** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2023-05-25** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-26** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2023-05-26** Senate appoints conferees
- **2023-05-26** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2023-05-26** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-27** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2023-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-13** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/363c6696-c9ce-4e0f-ae39-73f4d57cb4f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).