---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the disposition of certain students to alternative education settings and the provision of educational services to students in those settings or subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension."
description: "Relating to the disposition of certain students to alternative education settings and the provision of educational services to students in those settings or subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3012"
citation: "Texas HB 3012 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Discipline (I0244)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernal", "Meyer", "Morales", "Ramos", "Talarico", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 61
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-04"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0de46b75-4099-43cf-820a-b610050997e2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03000_HB03099/HB 3012.xml"
source_hash: "a774202d134604ade6f62aec94c492533031d750a95dad7f2922052462906806"
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 3012 (86) — Relating to the disposition of certain students to alternative education settings and the provision of educational services to students in those settings or subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB03012I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **139–3** (pass) · lower
- passage — **134–7** (pass) · lower
- other — **134–7** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bernal — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Ramos — primary (person)
- Talarico — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-11** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-11** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-03** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0de46b75-4099-43cf-820a-b610050997e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).