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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to parental access to public school virtual instruction and instructional materials for virtual and remote learning."
description: "Relating to parental access to public school virtual instruction and instructional materials for virtual and remote learning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 348"
citation: "Texas SB 348 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISTANCE EDUCATION (S0383)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jetton", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e434ce2f-5d34-4af8-a8c7-1d823a37234f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 348.xml"
source_hash: "ceb534272b4abbb3f78612c5c2220d6189b5cca7c7cf9f32430a9dcf94132653"
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 SB 348 (87) — Relating to parental access to public school virtual instruction and instructional materials for virtual and remote learning.
## 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/SB00348I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00348E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00348H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00348S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00348F.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Jetton — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-14** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-09** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-22** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-05** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-05** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-05** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-22** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-23** 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** Withdrawn from calendar (contested)
- **2021-05-26** Objections withdrawn
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Constitutional three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** House passage reported
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e434ce2f-5d34-4af8-a8c7-1d823a37234f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).