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Bill Relating to improving training and staff development for primary and secondary educators to enable them to more effectively serve all students. Relating to improving training and staff development for primary and secondary educators to enable them to more effectively serve all students. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 87 HB 159 Texas HB 159 (87)
bill
Disabilities
Persons with (I0380)
EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION
STATE BOARD FOR (V0492)
Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)
Education--Primary & Secondary--Special (I0243)
Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242)
STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)
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González, Mary
Harris
Lucio
Ramos
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legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas HB 159 (87) — Relating to improving training and staff development for primary and secondary educators to enable them to more effectively serve all students.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • passage — 228 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 10342 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • González, Mary — primary (person)
  • Harris — primary (person)
  • Lucio — primary (person)
  • Ramos — primary (person)
  • Alvarado — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-11-09 Filed filing
  • 2021-02-25 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-25 Referred to Public Education referral-committee
  • 2021-03-16 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-03-16 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2021-03-16 Left pending in committee
  • 2021-03-23 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-03-23 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage
  • 2021-04-01 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  • 2021-04-01 Committee report distributed
  • 2021-04-01 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2021-04-27 Considered in Calendars
  • 2021-04-30 Considered in Calendars
  • 2021-05-03 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2021-05-03 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-05-03 Passed to engrossment
  • 2021-05-03 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-05-04 Passed passage
  • 2021-05-04 Record vote
  • 2021-05-04 Reported engrossed
  • 2021-05-05 Received from the House introduction
  • 2021-05-10 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-05-10 Referred to Education referral-committee
  • 2021-05-13 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2021-05-13 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-05-13 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2021-05-14 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-17 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2021-05-18 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2021-05-20 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2021-05-20 Record vote
  • 2021-05-20 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
  • 2021-05-20 Record vote
  • 2021-05-20 Three day rule suspended
  • 2021-05-20 Record vote
  • 2021-05-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-05-20 Passed passage
  • 2021-05-20 Record vote
  • 2021-05-20 Senate passage reported
  • 2021-05-21 Reported enrolled
  • 2021-05-23 Signed in the House
  • 2021-05-24 Signed in the Senate
  • 2021-05-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-05-26 Co-sponsor authorized
  • 2021-06-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-06-04 Effective on 9/1/21 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fedb57d1-c957-45d5-a1dd-948582be07b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).