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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools."
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description: "Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "SB 11"
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citation: "Texas SB 11 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "PARENTAL CONSENT (S0318)", "PARENTAL NOTIFICATION (S0319)", "Religion (I0646)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Birdwell", "Campbell", "Cook", "Creighton", "Flores", "Hagenbuch", "Hall", "Hancock", "Hinojosa, Adam", "Huffman", "Hughes", "King", "Kolkhorst", "Middleton", "Nichols", "Parker", "Paul", "Paxton", "Perry", "Schwertner", "Sparks", "Spiller"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 61
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-02-10"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b17717cc-132e-4d97-9893-ddabb1b97986"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 11.xml"
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source_hash: "fba6f6059a95825421834aa7bd79b5ecc2749d2aa3c7cb37560e8ee203971d21"
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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 11 (89R) — Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools.
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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/89R/billtext/html/SB00011I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00011E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00011H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00011S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00011F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **23–7** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **91–51** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **88–48** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 11 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **24–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bettencourt — primary (person)
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- Birdwell — primary (person)
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- Campbell — primary (person)
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- Cook — primary (person)
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- Creighton — primary (person)
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- Flores — primary (person)
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- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
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- Hall — primary (person)
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- Hancock — primary (person)
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- Hinojosa, Adam — primary (person)
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- Huffman — primary (person)
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- King — primary (person)
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- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
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- Middleton — primary (person)
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- Nichols — primary (person)
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- Parker — primary (person)
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- Paul — primary (person)
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- Paxton — primary (person)
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- Perry — primary (person)
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- Schwertner — primary (person)
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- Sparks — primary (person)
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- Spiller — primary (person)
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- Alders — cosponsor (person)
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- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
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- Cain — cosponsor (person)
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- Curry — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
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- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
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- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
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- Holt — cosponsor (person)
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- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
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- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
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- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
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- Little — cosponsor (person)
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- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
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- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
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- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
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- Money — cosponsor (person)
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- Noble — cosponsor (person)
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- Olcott — cosponsor (person)
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- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
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- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
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- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
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- Toth — cosponsor (person)
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- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
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- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
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- Virdell — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-02-10** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-11** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-04** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-04** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-03-04** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-03-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-05** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-03-11** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-03-13** Not again placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-03-18** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-03-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-03-18** Record vote
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- **2025-03-18** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-18** Record vote
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- **2025-03-18** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-03-18** Record vote
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- **2025-03-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-18** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-18** Record vote
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- **2025-03-18** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-03-19** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-05-07** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-05-10** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-14** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-19** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-22** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
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- **2025-05-22** Amendment tabled `deferral`
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- **2025-05-22** Record vote
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- **2025-05-22** Amendment tabled `deferral`
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- **2025-05-22** Record vote
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- **2025-05-22** Amendment tabled `deferral`
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- **2025-05-22** Record vote
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- **2025-05-22** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
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- **2025-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-22** Record vote
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- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-23** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-23** Record vote
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- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-23** Rules suspended
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- **2025-05-23** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
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- **2025-05-23** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `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/b17717cc-132e-4d97-9893-ddabb1b97986`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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