republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/sb-2398.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain policies and procedures related to concussions or other brain injuries sustained by public school students."
description: "Relating to certain policies and procedures related to concussions or other brain injuries sustained by public school students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2398"
citation: "Texas SB 2398 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Extracurricular Activities (I0247)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Creighton", "Cunningham"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-03-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d717a75-4999-49c4-8365-8b2b2ab496c2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02300_SB02399/SB 2398.xml"
source_hash: "b3ce8238a47eea0ef98d48fa24f85d0f6f7b38709e091b9bcff2c15c79b9961b"
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 2398 (89R) — Relating to certain policies and procedures related to concussions or other brain injuries sustained by public school students.

## 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/SB02398I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02398E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02398H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02398S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02398F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **135–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Cunningham — primary (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-16** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-23** Co-author authorized
- **2025-05-01** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-29** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-30** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-01** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-01** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-02** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** No action taken in committee
- **2025-05-14** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-15** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-16** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-21** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-05-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-29** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d717a75-4999-49c4-8365-8b2b2ab496c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).