---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibiting a person required to register as a sex offender from serving as a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district."
description: "Relating to prohibiting a person required to register as a sex offender from serving as a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 3629"
citation: "Texas HB 3629 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "SEXUAL OFFENDERS (S0099)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckley", "Lalani", "Leo Wilson", "Noble", "Shaheen", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-03"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e43c760-6699-4103-981d-3a7e3c30fff5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03600_HB03699/HB 3629.xml"
source_hash: "115c4a719b8b89421e1e277904df4bb397f45607d05b35f854a7217be760c9ba"
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 3629 (89R) — Relating to prohibiting a person required to register as a sex offender from serving as a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district.

## 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/HB03629I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03629E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03629H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03629S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03629F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckley — primary (person)
- Lalani — primary (person)
- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Alders — cosponsor (person)
- Barry — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Curry — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia, Josey — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
- Holt — cosponsor (person)
- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- Louderback — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Luther — cosponsor (person)
- McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Ordaz — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Villalobos — cosponsor (person)
- Virdell — cosponsor (person)
- Wharton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-09** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-11** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-14** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-16** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-22** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-23** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/4e43c760-6699-4103-981d-3a7e3c30fff5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).