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Bill Relating to vision screenings for students in public or private school. Relating to vision screenings for students in public or private school. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 88 HB 1297 Texas HB 1297 (88)
bill
EYECARE & VISION (S0053)
Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)
Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)
Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)
enacted
Birdwell
Dutton
5 52 2 2023-01-12 2023-06-02 openstates ocd-bill/f8a0638c-24e8-436e-a752-c1f7af94d723 ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1297.xml 4a9daaed18d935c09c89c7a9b38b0f28439e7f9f0c101d03523ef2f7965dc4a9 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas HB 1297 (88) — Relating to vision screenings for students in public or private school.

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 — 1442 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 1297 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — 301 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Birdwell — primary (person)
  • Dutton — primary (person)
  • Menéndez — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-12 Filed filing
  • 2023-03-03 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-03-03 Referred to Public Education referral-committee
  • 2023-03-14 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-03-14 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2023-03-14 Left pending in committee
  • 2023-04-04 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-04-04 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2023-04-04 Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent referral-committee
  • 2023-04-04 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-04-13 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2023-04-14 Committee report distributed
  • 2023-04-14 Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
  • 2023-04-17 Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
  • 2023-04-20 Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
  • 2023-04-20 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-04-20 Passed to engrossment
  • 2023-04-20 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-04-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-04-20 Passed passage
  • 2023-04-20 Record vote
  • 2023-04-20 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-04-20 Reported engrossed
  • 2023-04-24 Received from the House introduction
  • 2023-04-24 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-04-24 Referred to Education referral-committee
  • 2023-05-03 Co-sponsor authorized
  • 2023-05-04 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2023-05-04 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-05-04 Left pending in committee
  • 2023-05-08 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-05-08 Vote taken in committee
  • 2023-05-10 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-10 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2023-05-10 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2023-05-12 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-05-15 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2023-05-15 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-15 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading reading-2
  • 2023-05-15 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-15 Three day rule suspended
  • 2023-05-15 Record vote
  • 2023-05-15 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-15 Passed passage
  • 2023-05-15 Record vote
  • 2023-05-16 Senate passage reported passage
  • 2023-05-16 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-05-17 Signed in the House passage
  • 2023-05-17 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2023-05-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-06-02 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-06-02 Effective on 9/1/23 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8a0638c-24e8-436e-a752-c1f7af94d723. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).