---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a handbook on parental rights in education and training requirements on parental rights in education for a member of the board of trustees of a school district."
description: "Relating to a handbook on parental rights in education and training requirements on parental rights in education for a member of the board of trustees of a school district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 204"
citation: "Texas SB 204 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF (V0086)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "PARENTAL RIGHTS (S0095)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckley", "Dutton", "Gervin-Hawkins", "Leo Wilson", "Paxton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18059ff4-3308-4c2e-af79-79746296a198"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 204.xml"
source_hash: "e7e2fd1401fda0c6907a595fea5473c811f8a3e1c1820a00510f628e62031a6b"
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 204 (89R) — Relating to a handbook on parental rights in education and training requirements on parental rights in education for a member of the board of trustees of a school district.

## 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/SB00204I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00204E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00204H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00204S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00204F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **138–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckley — primary (person)
- Dutton — primary (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-02-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-02-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-02-27** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-13** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-20** Left pending in 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** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-21** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2025-05-21** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-22** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-23** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-05-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-29** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** 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/18059ff4-3308-4c2e-af79-79746296a198`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).