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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the use of public school counselors' work time."
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description: "Relating to the use of public school counselors' work time."
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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 179"
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citation: "Texas SB 179 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS (S0714)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["González, Mary", "Huberty", "Lucio"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2020-11-12"
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last_action: "2021-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4a54c17-1d83-45a5-9791-b5f390a10b73"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00100_SB00199/SB 179.xml"
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source_hash: "af79e9e9a5110e0a31baa3fd9f6076881e27eb03f61b2a0b120b81578c7233f0"
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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 179 (87) — Relating to the use of public school counselors' work time.
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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/SB00179I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00179E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00179H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00179S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00179F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **102–41** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- González, Mary — primary (person)
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- Huberty — primary (person)
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- Lucio — primary (person)
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- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
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- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2020-11-12** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-03** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-03-18** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-18** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-03-18** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-03-31** Co-author authorized
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- **2021-03-31** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-04-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-04-12** Record vote
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- **2021-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
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- **2021-04-12** Record vote
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- **2021-04-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-04-13** Record vote
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- **2021-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-13** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-13** Record vote
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- **2021-04-13** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2021-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-04-16** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-27** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-04-27** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-05-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-24** Record vote
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- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-24** House passage reported
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- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-26** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-18** 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/d4a54c17-1d83-45a5-9791-b5f390a10b73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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