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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 1207: Relating to instruction on adoption in the parenting and paternity awareness program in public schools.

Enacted 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

SB 1207 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on February 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to instruction on adoption in the parenting and paternity awareness program in public schools. Primary sponsor: King, Terri Leo-Wilson (Republican). It lists 17 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 20, 2025): Effective immediately.

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 1 · Republican 17

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
KingPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Terri Leo-WilsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse23
Greg BonnenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Cody HarrisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Brian HarrisonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse10
Cole HefnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Andy HopperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Helen KerwinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Will MetcalfCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Tan ParkerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Dennis PaulCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse129
Angela PaxtonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Joanne ShofnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Kevin SparksCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate31
David SpillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Valoree SwansonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse150
Steve TothCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse15
Ellen TroxclairCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Royce WestCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23

“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. Effective immediately
  2. Signed by the Governor
  3. Sent to the Governor
  4. Signed in the House
  5. Signed in the Senate
  6. Reported enrolled
  7. House passage reported
  8. Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  9. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  10. Record vote
  11. Passed
  12. Read 3rd time

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

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