---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to providing certain public and private school administrators with information regarding certain child abuse and neglect investigations and allegations."
description: "Relating to providing certain public and private school administrators with information regarding certain child abuse and neglect investigations and allegations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1231"
citation: "Texas SB 1231 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Private (I0239)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "CHILD ABUSE (S4256)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Leach", "Meyer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81567cbd-f07f-4229-8729-81e4eb5be616"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1231.xml"
source_hash: "960f3e2de7d3282cc5cee8e4461eb91cda33a1805f479d32f23eafbf4255c013"
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 1231 (86) — Relating to providing certain public and private school administrators with information regarding certain child abuse and neglect investigations and allegations.

## 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/SB01231I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-01** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-04** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81567cbd-f07f-4229-8729-81e4eb5be616`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).