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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibiting the use of certain aversive techniques on students enrolled in public schools."
description: "Relating to prohibiting the use of certain aversive techniques on students enrolled in public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 712"
citation: "Texas SB 712 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Discipline (I0244)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Special (I0243)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["González, Mary", "Lucio", "Meyer", "Shaheen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28f0f1c7-7a72-4fb8-aafd-d733b6b2678a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 712.xml"
source_hash: "2b9bf4a34531a224e71ea9fe25c7d02c1c616d92c2decae7b5241ac207f2331b"
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 712 (86) — Relating to prohibiting the use of certain aversive techniques on students enrolled in public schools.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00712I.HTM)
## Sponsors
- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Lucio — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-16** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-17** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Read
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28f0f1c7-7a72-4fb8-aafd-d733b6b2678a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).