---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools."
description: "Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 6"
citation: "Texas HB 6 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS (S0283)", "CHILD MENTAL HEALTH CARE CONSORTIUM", "TEXAS (V1267)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Crimes--Juvenile (I0190)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF (V0086)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Discipline (I0244)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Special (I0243)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Virtual Education (IT7R2)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "Minors--Juvenile Justice (I0534)", "PARENTAL CONSENT (S0318)", "PARENTAL NOTIFICATION (S0319)", "RECORDS MANAGEMENT (S0205)", "TELEMEDICINE (S0219)", "Tobacco Products (I0818)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckley", "Harris", "Hull", "Leach", "Metcalf", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 111
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b90ded71-06ec-4921-980b-85def2ed779e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 6.xml"
source_hash: "5e60f262c62c9b452866c803e95d63e95374190e85e1ebc70049154079f5a972"
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 6 (89R) — Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools.

## 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/HB00006I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00006E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00006H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00006S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00006F.HTM)

## Votes

- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 6 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- passage — **114–19** (pass) · upper
- passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- passage — **114–19** (pass) · lower
- passage — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- passage — **121–21** (pass) · lower
- passage — **124–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckley — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Alders — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Barry — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Curry — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
- Dyson — cosponsor (person)
- Fairly — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Gates — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Geren — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hancock — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
- Holt — cosponsor (person)
- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- LaHood — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Louderback — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Luther — cosponsor (person)
- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Money — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
- Schofield — cosponsor (person)
- Schoolcraft — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Wharton — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-25** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-08** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-09** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-15** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2025-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-15** Record vote
- **2025-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-15** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-15** Record vote
- **2025-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-15** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-15** Record vote
- **2025-04-15** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-15** Record vote
- **2025-04-15** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-15** Record vote
- **2025-04-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-15** Record vote
- **2025-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-15** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-15** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2025-04-15** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-15** Record vote
- **2025-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-16** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-24** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Remarks ordered printed
- **2025-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** 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/b90ded71-06ec-4921-980b-85def2ed779e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).