---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent and truant students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students."
description: "Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent and truant students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 991"
citation: "Texas SB 991 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DROPOUTS & AT-RISK STUDENTS (S0088)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "TRUANCY (S0796)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Garcia, Linda", "González, Mary", "Moody", "VanDeaver"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06d41dc6-f90a-43da-b029-c9e62b341694"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 991.xml"
source_hash: "9cdd7e1d1e0ce5a330f6c0ed8bf80750831c23fafb2eea801efbef56b1ba79b8"
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 991 (89R) — Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent and truant students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.

## 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/SB00991I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00991E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00991H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00991S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00991F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **100–44** (pass) · lower
- passage — **90–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Garcia, Linda — primary (person)
- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- VanDeaver — primary (person)
- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-29** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-01** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-22** 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/06d41dc6-f90a-43da-b029-c9e62b341694`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).