---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans."
description: "Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 646"
citation: "Texas SB 646 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNSELING & THERAPY (S4389)", "Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY COUNSELING & COUNSELORS (S0180)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS (S0714)", "SOCIAL WORK & SOCIAL WORKERS (S0030)", "STUDENT LOANS (S0036)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anchía", "Davis, Aicha", "Jones, Jolanda", "Ward Johnson", "West"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 71
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-12-18"
last_action: "2025-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3966b065-4804-4e58-a74e-d52e743a3658"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 646.xml"
source_hash: "d98a2c21d414fc05034193acfbc36b43d4d0c64be4480fdafb049ccdf2fdd12a"
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 646 (89R) — Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans.

## 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/SB00646I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00646E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00646H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00646S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00646F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **75–58** (pass) · lower
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- other — **64–68** (fail) · lower
- passage — **122–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anchía — primary (person)
- Davis, Aicha — primary (person)
- Jones, Jolanda — primary (person)
- Ward Johnson — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-18** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-12-18** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-10** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-22** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2025-04-28** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-28** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-29** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-29** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-02** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-06** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-20** Postponed
- **2025-05-20** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-20** Postponed
- **2025-05-21** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-21** Postponed
- **2025-05-21** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-21** Postponed
- **2025-05-22** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-22** Postponed
- **2025-05-24** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-24** Postponed
- **2025-05-27** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Postponed
- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-28** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-28** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-22** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-22** 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/3966b065-4804-4e58-a74e-d52e743a3658`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).