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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to improving training and staff development for primary and secondary educators to enable them to more effectively serve all students."
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description: "Relating to improving training and staff development for primary and secondary educators to enable them to more effectively serve all students."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "HB 159"
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citation: "Texas HB 159 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["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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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["González, Mary", "Harris", "Lucio", "Ramos"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-11-09"
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last_action: "2021-06-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fedb57d1-c957-45d5-a1dd-948582be07b2"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 159.xml"
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source_hash: "719bcd32af362c418195216bfa5ef6ab17bea7c79b73a521cc72c466e62e9d19"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# 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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00159I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00159E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00159H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00159S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00159F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **22–8** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **103–42** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- González, Mary — primary (person)
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- Harris — primary (person)
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- Lucio — primary (person)
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- Ramos — primary (person)
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- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-02-25** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-03-16** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-04-01** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-04-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-04-27** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-04-30** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-05-03** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-03** Passed to engrossment
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- **2021-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-04** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-04** Record vote
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- **2021-05-04** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-05-10** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-05-13** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-05-18** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-05-20** Record vote
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- **2021-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-20** Record vote
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- **2021-05-20** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-05-20** Record vote
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- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-20** Record vote
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- **2021-05-20** Senate passage reported
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- **2021-05-21** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-04** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fedb57d1-c957-45d5-a1dd-948582be07b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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