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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes and ideologies in the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for certain public school students."
description: "Relating to the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes and ideologies in the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for certain public school students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 24"
citation: "Texas SB 24 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF (V0086)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Campbell", "Creighton", "Flores", "Hagenbuch", "Hall", "Hefner", "Hinojosa, Adam", "Huffman", "Hughes", "Kitzman", "Kolkhorst", "Leach", "Metcalf", "Middleton", "Oliverson", "Parker", "Paxton", "Perry", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 73
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-03-05"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c005ed9-67e3-4dbc-b7d3-07384f172edc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 24.xml"
source_hash: "82db02040a826a80e0f2a30c76718423313739de73d1eb23f91bd624ac60e2c8"
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 24 (89R) — Relating to the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes and ideologies in the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for certain 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/SB00024I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00024E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00024H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00024S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00024F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **283** (pass) · upper
- passage — **11220** (pass) · lower
- passage — **11913** (pass) · lower
- passage — **283** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 24 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **283** (pass) · upper
- other — **918** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Flores — primary (person)
- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Hefner — primary (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Kitzman — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
- Vo — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-11** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-11** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-13** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-19** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-24** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-24** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-26** Record vote
- **2025-03-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-26** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-03-26** Record vote
- **2025-03-26** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-03-26** Record vote
- **2025-03-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-03-26** Record vote
- **2025-03-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-26** Record vote
- **2025-03-26** Reported engrossed
- **2025-03-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-21** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-22** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** 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/3c005ed9-67e3-4dbc-b7d3-07384f172edc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).