---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibiting the regulation of home school programs."
description: "Relating to prohibiting the regulation of home school programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2674"
citation: "Texas HB 2674 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF (V0086)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Home Schooling (I0248)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckley", "Cook", "Hagenbuch", "Kerwin", "Leo Wilson", "Luther"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1210a783-30f2-4136-b9f4-a3286c0fb1aa"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02600_HB02699/HB 2674.xml"
source_hash: "61fcffa493d8167095234b5e3428692df821a4428375e14df1aedf4a6287f71b"
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 2674 (89R) — Relating to prohibiting the regulation of home school programs.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB02674I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02674E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02674H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02674S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02674F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **103–41** (pass) · lower
- passage — **94–44** (pass) · lower
- other — **64–78** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckley — primary (person)
- Cook — primary (person)
- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
- Kerwin — primary (person)
- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
- Luther — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Hancock — cosponsor (person)
- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-22** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-30** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-12** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-12** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Record vote
- **2025-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-13** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-14** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-14** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-20** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-21** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-23** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-25** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1210a783-30f2-4136-b9f4-a3286c0fb1aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).