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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the reporting and investigation of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense."
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description: "Relating to the reporting and investigation of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense."
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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 571"
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citation: "Texas SB 571 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["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)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Buckley", "Creighton", "Flores", "Frank", "Leach", "Middleton", "Noble", "Parker", "Paxton", "West", "Zaffirini"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 68
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2024-12-12"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/239887e7-3ed3-44c6-9e9b-f7e803aa5299"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 571.xml"
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source_hash: "b7087c64f92a8e6fc1af5c5612d855686505cf4356adfdfb1e56351f3a7928bf"
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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 571 (89R) — Relating to the reporting and investigation of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense.
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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/SB00571I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00571E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00571H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00571S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00571F.HTM)
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## Votes
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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 CSSB 571 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **126–10** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **30–1** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **134–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bettencourt — primary (person)
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- Buckley — primary (person)
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- Creighton — primary (person)
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- Flores — primary (person)
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- Frank — primary (person)
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- Leach — primary (person)
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- Middleton — primary (person)
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- Noble — primary (person)
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- Parker — primary (person)
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- Paxton — primary (person)
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- West — primary (person)
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- Zaffirini — primary (person)
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- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
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- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — cosponsor (person)
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- King — cosponsor (person)
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- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
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- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-12-12** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-08** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-04-08** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-10** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-04-23** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-29** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-05-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-05** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-05-07** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-05-07** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-05-08** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-08** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-08** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-05-08** Record vote
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- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-08** Record vote
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- **2025-05-08** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-05-08** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-05-10** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-12** Posting rule suspended
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- **2025-05-13** No action taken in committee
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- **2025-05-14** Posting rule suspended
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- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-05-15** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-19** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-27** Record vote
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- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-27** Record vote
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- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended
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- **2025-05-28** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
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- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-28** Record vote
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- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-28** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2025-05-30** Read
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- **2025-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2025-05-30** Record vote
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- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2025-06-02** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-06-03** 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 immediately `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/239887e7-3ed3-44c6-9e9b-f7e803aa5299`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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