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Bill Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to obtain a driver's license or learner license. Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to obtain a driver's license or learner license. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 87 SB 289 Texas SB 289 (87)
bill
Education--Driver Education & Training (I0219)
Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)
Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)
enacted
Seliger
VanDeaver
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legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas SB 289 (87) — Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to obtain a driver's license or learner license.

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

Sponsors

  • Seliger — primary (person)
  • VanDeaver — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-06 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing
  • 2021-01-06 Filed filing
  • 2021-03-03 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-03-03 Referred to Education referral-committee
  • 2021-03-25 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2021-03-25 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-03-25 Left pending in committee
  • 2021-03-31 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-04-01 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-01 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2021-04-01 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2021-04-07 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2021-04-09 Placed on local & uncontested calendar
  • 2021-04-09 Laid before the Senate
  • 2021-04-09 Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
  • 2021-04-09 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-04-09 Three day rule suspended
  • 2021-04-09 Record vote
  • 2021-04-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-04-09 Passed passage
  • 2021-04-09 Record vote
  • 2021-04-09 Reported engrossed
  • 2021-04-12 Received from the Senate introduction
  • 2021-04-15 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-04-15 Referred to Public Education referral-committee
  • 2021-04-27 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-04-27 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2021-04-27 Left pending in committee
  • 2021-05-03 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2021-05-03 Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent referral-committee
  • 2021-05-03 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage
  • 2021-05-13 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  • 2021-05-13 Committee report distributed
  • 2021-05-14 Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
  • 2021-05-23 Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
  • 2021-05-26 Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
  • 2021-05-26 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-05-26 Passed to 3rd reading
  • 2021-05-26 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-05-26 Passed passage
  • 2021-05-26 Record vote
  • 2021-05-26 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-27 House passage reported
  • 2021-05-27 Reported enrolled
  • 2021-05-29 Signed in the Senate
  • 2021-05-29 Signed in the House
  • 2021-05-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-06-14 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-06-14 Effective immediately became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/857e855f-8ed6-45a0-901c-d4c8779cecbd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).