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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a Texas Education Agency database of school district and open-enrollment charter school bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects."
description: "Relating to a Texas Education Agency database of school district and open-enrollment charter school bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 843"
citation: "Texas SB 843 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BONDS (S6060)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Taxation--School District (I0785)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckley", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 69
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed38592b-74c6-460f-a237-2ce69c135ff4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 843.xml"
source_hash: "a49156476b2214b8316b9af1e8fc224b546dfb4abaff980ae2bad2dcaafcddf5"
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 843 (89R) — Relating to a Texas Education Agency database of school district and open-enrollment charter school bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects.
## 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/SB00843I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00843E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00843H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00843S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00843F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1440** (pass) · lower
- passage to engrossment — **00** (pass) · upper
- passage — **00** (pass) · upper
- passage — **1430** (pass) · lower
- passage — **310** (pass) · upper
- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2 — **00** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 843 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **301** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-17** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-17** Filed `filing`
- **2025-01-28** Co-author authorized
- **2025-01-29** Co-author authorized
- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-20** Co-author authorized
- **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
- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-24** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-26** Read
- **2025-05-26** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-28** 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/ed38592b-74c6-460f-a237-2ce69c135ff4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).