---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a supplemental special education services and instructional materials program for certain public school students receiving special education services."
description: "Relating to a supplemental special education services and instructional materials program for certain public school students receiving special education services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1716"
citation: "Texas SB 1716 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Special (I0243)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Textbooks (I0226)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Dutton", "Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 61
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ce88ab8-feca-4496-8106-2b63fafdb81b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01700_SB01799/SB 1716.xml"
source_hash: "051dd59cdf45bd95bf93c221233b92390581ad3453535c2fff4b994ca78f222a"
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 1716 (87) — Relating to a supplemental special education services and instructional materials program for certain public school students receiving special education services.

## 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/SB01716I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01716E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01716H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01716S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01716F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **116–26** (pass) · lower
- passage — **21–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Dutton — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-26** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-28** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Removed from local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-03** Co-author authorized
- **2021-05-03** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-03** Record vote
- **2021-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-03** Record vote
- **2021-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-03** Record vote
- **2021-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Record vote
- **2021-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-04** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-05** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Amendment(s) considered in committee
- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-18** Reported favorably with amendment(s) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-22** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-26** Passed as amended `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 immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ce88ab8-feca-4496-8106-2b63fafdb81b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).