republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/sb-481.md

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Bill	Relating to the transfer of certain public school students to a school district offering in-person instruction.	Relating to the transfer of certain public school students to a school district offering in-person instruction.	us/states/tx	Texas Legislature	87	SB 481	Texas SB 481 (87)	bill	EDUCATION COMMISSIONER OF (V9954) Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227) Education--School Districts (I0220)	enacted	Kolkhorst Schofield	5	48	1	2021-01-27	2021-06-16	openstates	ocd-bill/25d60f62-1526-42a7-9ba6-f67d135d0bdf	ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 481.xml	be2d817b57aa980cc95970a3da98ffda5c01cf2697d527c616ff8d8572949ae1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tx

Texas SB 481 (87) — Relating to the transfer of certain public school students to a school district offering in-person instruction.

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

Votes

• passage — 139–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kolkhorst — primary (person)
• Schofield — primary (person)
• Schwertner — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-27 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing
• 2021-01-27 Filed filing
• 2021-03-09 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-03-09 Referred to Education referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
• 2021-03-25 Considered in public hearing
• 2021-03-25 Testimony taken in committee
• 2021-03-25 Left pending in committee
• 2021-03-31 Considered in public hearing
• 2021-04-01 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-01 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
• 2021-04-01 Committee report printed and distributed
• 2021-04-08 Co-author authorized
• 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 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 Committee report sent to Calendars
• 2021-05-17 Considered in Calendars
• 2021-05-20 Placed on General State Calendar
• 2021-05-20 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-05-20 Passed to 3rd reading
• 2021-05-23 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-05-23 Passed passage
• 2021-05-23 Record vote
• 2021-05-24 House passage reported
• 2021-05-24 Reported enrolled
• 2021-05-24 Signed in the Senate
• 2021-05-24 Signed in the House
• 2021-05-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-16 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-16 Effective immediately became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25d60f62-1526-42a7-9ba6-f67d135d0bdf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).