republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-2495.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain rights of a child or a parent or the sole managing conservator of a child in relation to the child's enrollment in school."
description: "Relating to certain rights of a child or a parent or the sole managing conservator of a child in relation to the child's enrollment in school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2495"
citation: "Texas HB 2495 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)", "PARENTAL RIGHTS (S0095)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutton", "Rodríguez Ramos", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/473d8bf5-b4db-467b-9653-f0ff116bcb74"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2495.xml"
source_hash: "50f90cc30683ca7e72220a927eee1989368ca0627a321d79aaa07187c96ca787"
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 HB 2495 (89R) — Relating to certain rights of a child or a parent or the sole managing conservator of a child in relation to the child's enrollment in school.

## 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/HB02495I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02495E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02495H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02495S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02495F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **137–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 2495 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **126–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **137–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dutton — primary (person)
- Rodríguez Ramos — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2025-03-31** Considered by s/c in public hearing
- **2025-03-31** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- **2025-03-31** Left pending in subcommittee
- **2025-04-08** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Record vote
- **2025-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-25** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-28** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-14** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** 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/473d8bf5-b4db-467b-9653-f0ff116bcb74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).