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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the establishment of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials."
description: "Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the establishment of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 13"
citation: "Texas SB 13 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)", "LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MATERIALS (SE35P)", "Libraries & Librarians (I0523)", "PARENTAL RIGHTS (S0095)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)", "Purchasing--Local (I0644)", "STATE LIBRARY & ARCHIVES COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0027)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Birdwell", "Buckley", "Campbell", "Creighton", "Flores", "Frank", "Hagenbuch", "Hall", "Hancock", "Hinojosa, Adam", "Huffman", "Hughes", "King", "Kolkhorst", "Metcalf", "Middleton", "Nichols", "Parker", "Paxton", "Perry", "Schwertner", "Sparks", "Spiller"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 112
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aad24cc-e8e0-46af-899c-fd085fb59d64"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 13.xml"
source_hash: "a32ead760783a0a680b57190562b6ce154b96abf1e14263bdcc1ba923f6478cf"
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 SB 13 (89R) — Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the establishment of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials.
## 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/SB00013I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00013E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00013H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00013S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00013F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **8655** (pass) · lower
- passage — **8757** (pass) · lower
- passage — **8148** (pass) · lower
- passage — **00** (pass) · upper
- passage — **238** (pass) · upper
- passage — **238** (pass) · upper
- passage — **8148** (pass) · upper
- passage — **238** (pass) · upper
- passage — **238** (pass) · upper
- passage — **238** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Flores — primary (person)
- Frank — primary (person)
- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)
- Spiller — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-02-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-02-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-02-27** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-04** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-18** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-19** Record vote
- **2025-03-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-19** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Record vote
- **2025-03-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-19** Record vote
- **2025-03-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-19** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Record vote
- **2025-03-19** Statement(s) submitted
- **2025-03-19** Reported engrossed
- **2025-03-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-16** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-22** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-26** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2025-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-26** Postponed
- **2025-05-26** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-26** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-26** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2025-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-27** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Postponed
- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-28** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-28** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-29** Read
- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur
- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conference committee
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-05-31** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-31** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-05-31** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-02** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7aad24cc-e8e0-46af-899c-fd085fb59d64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).