republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/sb-571.md

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Bill	Relating to the reporting and investigation of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense.	Relating to the reporting and investigation of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense.	us/states/tx	Texas Legislature	89R	SB 571	Texas SB 571 (89R)	bill	ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS STATE OFFICE OF (V0065) CHILD ABUSE (S4256) EDUCATION AGENCY TEXAS (V9941) EDUCATION COMMISSIONER OF (V9954) EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION STATE BOARD FOR (V0492) Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230) Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246) Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242) Electronic Information Systems (I0311) Family--Child Protection (I0351) Labor--General (I0500) Minors--Health & Safety (I0533) Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541) SEXUAL MISCONDUCT (S0160) State Agencies Boards & Commissions (I0749)	enacted	Bettencourt Buckley Creighton Flores Frank Leach Middleton Noble Parker Paxton West Zaffirini	5	68	4	2024-12-12	2025-06-20	openstates	ocd-bill/239887e7-3ed3-44c6-9e9b-f7e803aa5299	ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 571.xml	b7087c64f92a8e6fc1af5c5612d855686505cf4356adfdfb1e56351f3a7928bf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tx

Texas SB 571 (89R) — Relating to the reporting and investigation of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 571 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — 30–1 (pass) · upper
• passage — 126–10 (pass) · lower
• passage — 30–1 (pass) · upper
• passage — 134–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bettencourt — primary (person)
• Buckley — primary (person)
• Creighton — primary (person)
• Flores — primary (person)
• Frank — primary (person)
• Leach — primary (person)
• Middleton — primary (person)
• Noble — primary (person)
• Parker — primary (person)
• Paxton — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)
• Zaffirini — primary (person)
• Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
• Campbell — cosponsor (person)
• Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
• Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — cosponsor (person)
• King — cosponsor (person)
• Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
• Sparks — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-12 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing, introduction
• 2024-12-12 Filed filing
• 2025-02-03 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-03 Referred to Education K-16 referral-committee
• 2025-04-08 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
• 2025-04-08 Considered in public hearing
• 2025-04-08 Testimony taken in committee
• 2025-04-08 Left pending in committee
• 2025-04-10 Co-author authorized
• 2025-04-23 Co-author authorized
• 2025-04-29 Considered in public hearing
• 2025-04-29 Vote taken in committee
• 2025-05-05 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-05 Committee report printed and distributed
• 2025-05-07 Co-author authorized
• 2025-05-07 Placed on intent calendar
• 2025-05-08 Co-author authorized
• 2025-05-08 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
• 2025-05-08 Vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-08 Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment reading-2
• 2025-05-08 Vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-08 Three day rule suspended
• 2025-05-08 Record vote
• 2025-05-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2025-05-08 Passed passage
• 2025-05-08 Record vote
• 2025-05-08 Reported engrossed
• 2025-05-08 Received from the Senate introduction
• 2025-05-10 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-05-10 Referred to Public Education referral-committee
• 2025-05-12 Posting rule suspended
• 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 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
• 2025-05-20 Committee report sent to Calendars
• 2025-05-22 Considered in Calendars
• 2025-05-24 Placed on General State Calendar
• 2025-05-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-05-27 Record vote
• 2025-05-27 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-27 Passed to 3rd reading as amended amendment-passage
• 2025-05-27 Record vote
• 2025-05-27 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-28 Rules suspended
• 2025-05-28 Additional sponsor(s) authorized
• 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 House passage as amended reported amendment-passage
• 2025-05-30 House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
• 2025-05-30 Read
• 2025-05-30 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
• 2025-05-30 Record vote
• 2025-05-31 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-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 immediately became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/239887e7-3ed3-44c6-9e9b-f7e803aa5299. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).