republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/hb-3643.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Virtual Education.	Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Virtual Education.	us/states/tx	Texas Legislature	87	HB 3643	Texas HB 3643 (87)	bill	EDUCATION AGENCY TEXAS (V9941) EDUCATION STATE BOARD OF (V0086) Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228) Electronic Information Systems (I0311) FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM (S0541) Governor (I0375) LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096) Legislature (I0520) SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306) State Agencies Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773) VIRTUAL EDUCATION TEXAS COMMISSION ON (VX3BM)	enacted	Bell, Keith Guillen King, Ken Taylor	5	54	5	2021-03-10	2021-06-15	openstates	ocd-bill/c8793cea-5f7b-4a93-9cc6-96a5c7e91b22	ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03600_HB03699/HB 3643.xml	b4f2f0992589a209e577cd7aeeffb45b0d19f106c5dd67097760a0384a4af7fd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tx

Texas HB 3643 (87) — Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Virtual Education.

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

• other — 106–40 (fail) · upper
• passage — 103–41 (pass) · lower
• passage — 106–40 (pass) · lower
• other — 0–0 (fail) · upper
• other — 0–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Bell, Keith — primary (person)
• Guillen — primary (person)
• King, Ken — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-10 Filed filing
• 2021-03-22 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-03-22 Referred to Public Education referral-committee
• 2021-03-30 Considered in public hearing
• 2021-03-30 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
• 2021-03-30 Left pending in committee
• 2021-04-07 Considered in formal meeting
• 2021-04-07 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage
• 2021-04-12 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
• 2021-04-13 Committee report distributed
• 2021-04-13 Committee report sent to Calendars
• 2021-04-26 Considered in Calendars
• 2021-04-28 Placed on General State Calendar
• 2021-04-28 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-28 Passed to engrossment
• 2021-04-29 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-29 Passed passage
• 2021-04-29 Record vote
• 2021-04-29 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2021-04-29 Reported engrossed
• 2021-05-03 Received from the House introduction
• 2021-05-10 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-05-10 Referred to Education referral-committee
• 2021-05-18 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
• 2021-05-18 Considered in public hearing
• 2021-05-19 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-19 Committee report printed and distributed
• 2021-05-20 Placed on intent calendar
• 2021-05-24 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
• 2021-05-24 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-24 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-05-24 Vote recorded in Journal
• 2021-05-24 Passed to 3rd reading as amended
• 2021-05-24 Vote recorded in Journal
• 2021-05-24 Three day rule suspended
• 2021-05-24 Record vote
• 2021-05-24 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-05-24 Passed passage
• 2021-05-24 Record vote
• 2021-05-26 Senate passage as amended reported
• 2021-05-26 Senate Amendments distributed
• 2021-05-26 Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
• 2021-05-28 House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
• 2021-05-28 Record vote
• 2021-05-28 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 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
• 2021-06-15 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-15 Effective immediately became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8793cea-5f7b-4a93-9cc6-96a5c7e91b22. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).