republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-2.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public education and public school finance."
description: "Relating to public education and public school finance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Texas HB 2 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (S0134)", "AUTISM & PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS (S0566)", "BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED", "TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE (V2534)", "BONDS (S6060)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "DEAF", "TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE (V1199)", "DYSLEXIA (S9807)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF (V0086)", "EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION", "STATE BOARD FOR (V0492)", "Education--Bilingual (I0213)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Accountability (I0007)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Special (I0243)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Vocational (I0240)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "FOUNDATION SCHOOL FUND (S0734)", "Governor (I0375)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT", "TEXAS (V0846)", "LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD (V0161)", "LITERACY (S0178)", "Legislature (I0520)", "MEDIATION", "DISPUTE RESOLUTION", "& ARBITRATION (S8683)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PRESCHOOL & PREKINDERGARTEN (S0040)", "REGIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE CENTERS (S0546)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)", "Salaries & Expenses (I0745)", "State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "Taxation--School District (I0785)", "WINDHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT (E0057)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernal", "Buckley", "Creighton", "Guillen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 149
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8c94bf0-688c-4216-8cdd-42a9f3185878"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 2.xml"
source_hash: "1307b1a37ebb8be54c09390fd5f1e57299067cd2e4f28d6f779150575a2f9584"
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 HB 2 (89R) — Relating to public education and public school finance.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB00002I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00002E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00002H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00002S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00002F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–4** (pass) · lower
- passage — **122–13** (pass) · lower
- passage — **142–5** (pass) · lower
- passage — **122–13** (pass) · upper
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bernal — primary (person)
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Barry — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Curry — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
- Dyson — cosponsor (person)
- Fairly — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Gates — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hancock — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — cosponsor (person)
- Holt — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- LaHood — cosponsor (person)
- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Louderback — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Luther — cosponsor (person)
- McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Perez, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Rodríguez Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Villalobos — cosponsor (person)
- Virdell — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Wharton — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-25** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-04** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-06** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-01** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2025-04-01** Meeting cancelled
- **2025-04-03** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2025-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-10** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-16** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-16** Amendment to amendment offered
- **2025-04-16** Substitute amendment to amendment fails
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Amendment adopted as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-16** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-16** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2025-04-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-16** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-16** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2025-04-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2025-04-16** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-17** Record vote
- **2025-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-17** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-22** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-15** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Vote reconsidered
- **2025-05-22** Amendment to amendment offered
- **2025-05-22** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2025-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Amendment adopted as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2025-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2025-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2025-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2025-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-23** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Remarks ordered printed
- **2025-05-24** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-24** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-25** Corrected Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-29** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-29** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-29** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-29** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-29** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** See remarks for effective date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8c94bf0-688c-4216-8cdd-42a9f3185878`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).