---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to restricting telework for employees of public institutions of higher education."
description: "Relating to restricting telework for employees of public institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2615"
citation: "Texas SB 2615 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Education--Higher--Faculty (I0236)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "Labor--General (I0500)", "TELECOMMUTING (S0494)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Tepper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 63
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-03-13"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e76bbda-b01a-46ab-a3a0-cb50e536f21f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02600_SB02699/SB 2615.xml"
source_hash: "47ec8b90a1cf0d56c70909ee499781863995642c63957eee45b92e01fc8e062f"
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 2615 (89R) — Relating to restricting telework for employees of public institutions 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/89R/billtext/html/SB02615I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02615E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02615H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02615S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02615F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **92–53** (pass) · lower
- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **90–51** (pass) · lower
- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Tepper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-10** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-23** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-28** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-28** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-30** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-01** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-05** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-07** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-09** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-12** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** Meeting cancelled
- **2025-05-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-22** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of 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** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-30** Read
- **2025-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-02** 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/2e76bbda-b01a-46ab-a3a0-cb50e536f21f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).