---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public school organization, accountability, and fiscal management."
description: "Relating to public school organization, accountability, and fiscal management."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1365"
citation: "Texas SB 1365 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (S0134)", "ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS", "STATE OFFICE OF (V0065)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Accountability (I0007)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Dutton", "Huberty", "King, Ken", "Murphy", "Oliverson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 89
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c8140c0-e085-4368-8126-837dc105a86a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1365.xml"
source_hash: "3ae95c94ed98551a23ab1b5aaee93460f58c596c67c47c0dbbbb2af3b0395bf2"
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 1365 (87) — Relating to public school organization, accountability, and fiscal management.

## 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/SB01365I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01365E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01365H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01365S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01365F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **18–12** (pass) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **19–11** (pass) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **111–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Dutton — primary (person)
- Huberty — primary (person)
- King, Ken — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-28** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-04** Record vote
- **2021-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-04** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-04** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Co-author authorized
- **2021-05-05** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-07** Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
- **2021-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-07** Amendment(s) considered in committee
- **2021-05-07** Reported favorably with amendment(s) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Postponed
- **2021-05-23** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-23** Postponed
- **2021-05-23** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-23** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-23** Point of order withdrawn
- **2021-05-23** Postponed
- **2021-05-23** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-05-23** Recommitted to committee
- **2021-05-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-23** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-25** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-25** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Read
- **2021-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c8140c0-e085-4368-8126-837dc105a86a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).