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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 538: Relating to student access to certain academic records; authorizing a fee.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 538 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on November 12, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to student access to certain academic records; authorizing a fee. Primary sponsor: Diego Bernal (Democratic), John Bucy (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (April 23, 2025): Received from the House.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Diego BernalPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse123
John BucyPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse136

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Received from the House
  2. Reported engrossed
  3. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  4. Record vote
  5. Passed
  6. Read 3rd time
  7. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  8. Record vote
  9. Passed to engrossment as amended
  10. Record vote
  11. Amended
  12. Read 2nd time

Showing 12 most recent of 25 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source