---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the inclusion of suicide prevention information on certain student identification cards issued by a public school or public institution of higher education."
description: "Relating to the inclusion of suicide prevention information on certain student identification cards issued by a public school or public institution of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 279"
citation: "Texas SB 279 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "IDENTIFICATION CARDS (S0074)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "SUICIDE (S0206)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bucy", "Hinojosa", "Hinojosa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69e4b9e0-41cc-4444-b2d6-b3e853e617c1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 279.xml"
source_hash: "6cb07c495dc492bd79d2d69e8989cf5c4ff2934e02024ef7edf68e52dd44fe70"
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 279 (87) — Relating to the inclusion of suicide prevention information on certain student identification cards issued by a public school or public institution of higher education.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/SB00279I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00279E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00279H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00279S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00279F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bucy — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-13** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-22** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-28** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-29** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-03** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-19** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-22** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-23** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-26** Withdrawn from calendar (contested)
- **2021-05-26** Objections withdrawn
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Read
- **2021-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** 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/69e4b9e0-41cc-4444-b2d6-b3e853e617c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).