---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to allowing the chair of the State Board of Education to employ personnel to assist in performing the board's duties."
description: "Relating to allowing the chair of the State Board of Education to employ personnel to assist in performing the board's duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 3627"
citation: "Texas HB 3627 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF (V0086)", "State Employees (I0626)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis, Aicha", "Leo Wilson", "Sparks", "Tepper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-03"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/778ce7e8-c88b-40b7-b6c1-7803ba033a9f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03600_HB03699/HB 3627.xml"
source_hash: "5f3bca0b149edb9598d8ab27a26d1936b20c91d847d796f4c91a52961b1383cc"
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 HB 3627 (89R) — Relating to allowing the chair of the State Board of Education to employ personnel to assist in performing the board's duties.

## 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/HB03627I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03627E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03627H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03627S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03627F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- passage — **136–10** (pass) · lower
- passage — **112–17** (pass) · lower
- passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis, Aicha — primary (person)
- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)
- Tepper — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-22** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-09** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-20** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-21** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-23** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** 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/778ce7e8-c88b-40b7-b6c1-7803ba033a9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).