---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to participation by non-enrolled students in University Interscholastic League-sponsored activities."
description: "Relating to participation by non-enrolled students in University Interscholastic League-sponsored activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 401"
citation: "Texas SB 401 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Extracurricular Activities (I0247)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE (S0337)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank", "Leo Wilson", "Paxton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-11-21"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36f9337a-3f0b-4c4d-b6ed-dd54f1544012"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 401.xml"
source_hash: "b461ff65495584509b7e70dd59e051c04fc7d1cf5d996dd4079e3f7a488a793f"
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 401 (89R) — Relating to participation by non-enrolled students in University Interscholastic League-sponsored activities.

## 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/SB00401I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00401E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00401H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00401S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00401F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- passage — **104–35** (pass) · lower
- passage — **109–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frank — primary (person)
- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-21** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-11-21** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-16** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-24** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-28** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-28** Record vote
- **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Record vote
- **2025-04-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-28** Record vote
- **2025-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-28** Record vote
- **2025-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-30** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-21** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-30** 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/36f9337a-3f0b-4c4d-b6ed-dd54f1544012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).