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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to visit a professional's workplace for a career investigation day."
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description: "Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to visit a professional's workplace for a career investigation day."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "SB 68"
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citation: "Texas SB 68 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Murr", "Talarico", "Zaffirini"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-11-14"
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last_action: "2023-05-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cf32c25-51f7-4ea3-94c0-14ca590c9049"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 68.xml"
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source_hash: "be4cd2d9fe004e10ea4dda4e033093c3d0375fe829ebe029bbdb75c7a44a4837"
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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 68 (88) — Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to visit a professional's workplace for a career investigation day.
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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/88R/billtext/html/SB00068I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00068E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00068H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00068S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00068F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **139–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Murr — primary (person)
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- Talarico — primary (person)
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- Zaffirini — primary (person)
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- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)
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- Springer — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-11-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-15** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-03-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-08** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-03-08** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-03-13** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-05** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-04-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-04-17** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-04-19** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-04-19** Not again placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-04-20** Record vote
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- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-20** Record vote
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- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-25** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
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- **2023-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-11** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-11** Record vote
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- **2023-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-11** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-11** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-12** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-12** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-24** 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/9cf32c25-51f7-4ea3-94c0-14ca590c9049`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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