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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to obtain a driver's license or learner license."
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description: "Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to obtain a driver's license or learner license."
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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 289"
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citation: "Texas SB 289 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education--Driver Education & Training (I0219)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Seliger", "VanDeaver"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2021-01-06"
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last_action: "2021-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/857e855f-8ed6-45a0-901c-d4c8779cecbd"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 289.xml"
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source_hash: "7ac3dc8c3d6192ed5b9c1981770aadc116463762d0d7046d828ca809f03f3dba"
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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 289 (87) — Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to obtain a driver's license or learner license.
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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/SB00289I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00289E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00289H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00289S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00289F.HTM)
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## Sponsors
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- Seliger — primary (person)
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- VanDeaver — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2021-01-06** 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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- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-25** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-04-07** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-04-09** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-04-09** Laid before the Senate
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- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
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- **2021-04-09** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-09** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-04-09** Record vote
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- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-09** Record vote
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- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2021-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-04-15** 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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- **2021-05-03** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2021-05-03** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-05-13** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-05-14** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2021-05-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2021-05-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-26** Record vote
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- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-27** House passage reported
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- **2021-05-27** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-29** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-14** 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/857e855f-8ed6-45a0-901c-d4c8779cecbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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