---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to access by the Texas Education Agency and private schools to certain criminal history records."
description: "Relating to access by the Texas Education Agency and private schools to certain criminal history records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1471"
citation: "Texas SB 1471 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL RECORDS (S0008)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Private (I0239)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Noble", "Walle", "Wilson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94a7b9b7-0dbb-4beb-8da7-0ecea27f8edd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1471.xml"
source_hash: "e5366abcb86a18afca24e03e48a1aec2431164c2f856983020f5f3bfe1bf71a5"
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 1471 (88) — Relating to access by the Texas Education Agency and private schools to certain criminal history records.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/SB01471I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01471E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01471H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01471S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01471F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Walle — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-19** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-27** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-04** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-16** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-18** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** 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/94a7b9b7-0dbb-4beb-8da7-0ecea27f8edd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).