---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to behavior improvement plans and behavioral intervention plans for certain public school students and notification and documentation requirements regarding certain behavior management techniques."
description: "Relating to behavior improvement plans and behavioral intervention plans for certain public school students and notification and documentation requirements regarding certain behavior management techniques."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 785"
citation: "Texas HB 785 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Discipline (I0244)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Special (I0243)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "PARENTAL NOTIFICATION (S0319)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Johnson, Jarvis", "Reynolds", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-12-09"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6345f36f-3dc9-46e3-bcb9-7e7837947ad6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 785.xml"
source_hash: "1cbaaafe94d2fb075c0d3f71ad29d1dbdb2e6b079ee705f9a651b8fd04dd0191"
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 785 (87) — Relating to behavior improvement plans and behavioral intervention plans for certain public school students and notification and documentation requirements regarding certain behavior management techniques.

## 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/HB00785I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00785E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00785H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00785S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00785F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Johnson, Jarvis — primary (person)
- Reynolds — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Crockett — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-16** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-23** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-01** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Record vote
- **2021-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-08** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-12** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** 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/6345f36f-3dc9-46e3-bcb9-7e7837947ad6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).