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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the electronic administration of certain required assessment instruments, measures to support Internet connectivity for purposes of those assessment instruments, the adoption and administration of certain optional interim assessment instruments, the review and use of the instructional materials and technology allotment, and requests for production of instructional materials."
description: "Relating to the electronic administration of certain required assessment instruments, measures to support Internet connectivity for purposes of those assessment instruments, the adoption and administration of certain optional interim assessment instruments, the review and use of the instructional materials and technology allotment, and requests for production of instructional materials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3261"
citation: "Texas HB 3261 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF (V0086)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Testing (I0229)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "INTERNET (S0130)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huberty", "Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 61
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97a40033-faeb-444f-bece-5a45c29d18aa"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03200_HB03299/HB 3261.xml"
source_hash: "c416d725d3a366aa34a2171a37c2a86c636f61b4f6a100a42003f17aa58ad1e8"
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 HB 3261 (87) — Relating to the electronic administration of certain required assessment instruments, measures to support Internet connectivity for purposes of those assessment instruments, the adoption and administration of certain optional interim assessment instruments, the review and use of the instructional materials and technology allotment, and requests for production of instructional materials.
## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB03261I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03261E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03261H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03261S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03261F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1364** (pass) · lower
- passage — **1432** (pass) · lower
- other — **1432** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Huberty — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-19** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-08** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-08** Record vote
- **2021-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-10** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-14** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-24** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-24** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** 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/97a40033-faeb-444f-bece-5a45c29d18aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).