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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent and truant students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students."
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description: "Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent and truant students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students."
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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 991"
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citation: "Texas SB 991 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["DROPOUTS & AT-RISK STUDENTS (S0088)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "TRUANCY (S0796)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Garcia, Linda", "González, Mary", "Moody", "VanDeaver"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-29"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06d41dc6-f90a-43da-b029-c9e62b341694"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 991.xml"
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source_hash: "9cdd7e1d1e0ce5a330f6c0ed8bf80750831c23fafb2eea801efbef56b1ba79b8"
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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 991 (89R) — Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent and truant students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.
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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/SB00991I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00991E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00991H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00991S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00991F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **100–44** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **90–34** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bettencourt — primary (person)
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- Garcia, Linda — primary (person)
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- González, Mary — primary (person)
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- Moody — primary (person)
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- VanDeaver — primary (person)
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- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
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- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-29** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-29** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-03-25** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-01** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-07** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-04-16** Record vote
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- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** Record vote
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- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-22** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-10** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-16** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-20** Record vote
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- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-21** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Record vote
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- **2025-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-22** 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 on 9/1/25 `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/06d41dc6-f90a-43da-b029-c9e62b341694`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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