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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to allowing parents and guardians to elect for a student to repeat or retake a course or grade."
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description: "Relating to allowing parents and guardians to elect for a student to repeat or retake a course or grade."
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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: "SB 1697"
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citation: "Texas SB 1697 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "PARENTAL RIGHTS (S0095)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["King, Ken", "Pacheco", "Paxton"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-03-11"
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last_action: "2021-06-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a51e2479-0ea3-4ab4-9853-5258c9b453d3"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1697.xml"
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source_hash: "85756f1f1e2768875cbbc5262379e255d4c02a8390d6252962b9406756fab381"
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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 SB 1697 (87) — Relating to allowing parents and guardians to elect for a student to repeat or retake a course or grade.
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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/SB01697I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01697E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01697H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01697S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01697F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- King, Ken — primary (person)
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- Pacheco — primary (person)
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- Paxton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-26** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-08** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-04-08** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-04-13** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-04-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-04-23** Laid before the Senate
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- **2021-04-23** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
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- **2021-04-23** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-23** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-04-23** Record vote
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- **2021-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-23** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-23** Record vote
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- **2021-04-23** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-23** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2021-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-04-26** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-17** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2021-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-05-18** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-25** Record vote
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- **2021-05-25** House passage reported
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- **2021-05-25** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-27** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-27** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-16** Effective immediately `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/a51e2479-0ea3-4ab4-9853-5258c9b453d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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