---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to visit a professional's workplace for a career investigation day."
description: "Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to visit a professional's workplace for a career investigation day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "Texas SB 68 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murr", "Talarico", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cf32c25-51f7-4ea3-94c0-14ca590c9049"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 68.xml"
source_hash: "be4cd2d9fe004e10ea4dda4e033093c3d0375fe829ebe029bbdb75c7a44a4837"
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 68 (88) — Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to visit a professional's workplace for a career investigation day.

## 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/SB00068I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00068E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00068H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00068S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00068F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Murr — primary (person)
- Talarico — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-08** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-13** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-19** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-19** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Record vote
- **2023-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-11** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-12** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cf32c25-51f7-4ea3-94c0-14ca590c9049`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).