---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms."
description: "Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 10"
citation: "Texas SB 10 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Religion (I0646)", "SIGNS (S0235)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Birdwell", "Buckley", "Campbell", "Creighton", "Flores", "Hagenbuch", "Hall", "Hancock", "Hinojosa, Adam", "Huffman", "Hughes", "King", "Kolkhorst", "Leach", "Middleton", "Nichols", "Noble", "Parker", "Paxton", "Perry", "Raymond", "Schwertner", "Sparks", "Spiller"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 136
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/639d12e8-b6a9-4184-8ab9-a84765f134a3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 10.xml"
source_hash: "099654799fd9cc29ddea198c396f6d8f11909f272ccc5295f3fc7a1cfd3e6874"
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 10 (89R) — Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB00010I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00010E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00010H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00010S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00010F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **88–49** (pass) · lower
- other — **10–20** (fail) · upper
- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- other — **10–20** (fail) · upper
- other — **10–20** (fail) · upper
- passage — **20–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **82–46** (pass) · lower
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- other — **10–20** (fail) · upper
- other — **10–20** (fail) · upper
- passage — **20–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Flores — primary (person)
- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Raymond — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)
- Spiller — primary (person)
- Alders — cosponsor (person)
- Barry — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Curry — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
- Holt — cosponsor (person)
- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- LaHood — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Little — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Louderback — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Luther — cosponsor (person)
- McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Olcott — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Villalobos — cosponsor (person)
- Virdell — cosponsor (person)
- Wharton — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-11** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-04** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-18** Point of order
- **2025-03-18** Point of order overruled
- **2025-03-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-18** Record vote
- **2025-03-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-03-18** Record vote
- **2025-03-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-03-18** Record vote
- **2025-03-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-03-18** Record vote
- **2025-03-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-03-18** Record vote
- **2025-03-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-03-18** Record vote
- **2025-03-18** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-03-18** Record vote
- **2025-03-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-19** Record vote
- **2025-03-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-19** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Record vote
- **2025-03-19** Statement(s) submitted
- **2025-03-19** Statement(s) submitted
- **2025-03-19** Reported engrossed
- **2025-03-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-15** Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-15** Corrected comm. report distributed
- **2025-05-15** Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-21** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-21** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-21** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-21** Recommitted to committee
- **2025-05-21** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-21** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-24** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-24** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-24** Point of order sustained (amendment)
- **2025-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-24** Point of order sustained (amendment)
- **2025-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-24** Point of order sustained (amendment)
- **2025-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-24** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-24** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-24** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-24** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-24** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2025-05-24** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-24** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-24** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-24** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-24** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-24** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-24** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-25** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-28** Read
- **2025-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/639d12e8-b6a9-4184-8ab9-a84765f134a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).