republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/hb-4509.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to instruction on informed American patriotism in public schools."
description: "Relating to instruction on informed American patriotism in public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 4509"
citation: "Texas HB 4509 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF (V0086)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Metcalf", "Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-12"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b62760db-6133-4071-bd30-276c4176f5bc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04500_HB04599/HB 4509.xml"
source_hash: "fdd00ff145552b9d48c60d978dec43375c8937f968a79b6b7286ecd193157d83"
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 4509 (87) — Relating to instruction on informed American patriotism in public schools.

## 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/HB04509I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04509E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04509H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04509S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04509F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **104–37** (pass) · lower
- passage — **124–14** (pass) · lower
- other — **124–14** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-23** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-11** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-13** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-21** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-21** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-21** No action taken in committee
- **2021-05-22** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-27** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-27** 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`
- **2021-06-18** 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/b62760db-6133-4071-bd30-276c4176f5bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).