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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 26: Relating to public education, including the rights and compensation of public school educators and funding for teacher compensation under the Foundation School Program.

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

SB 26 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on February 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to public education, including the rights and compensation of public school educators and funding for teacher compensation under the Foundation School Program. Primary sponsor: Creighton. It lists 19 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 9, 2025): Referred to Public Education.

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 7 · Republican 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
CreightonPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Carol AlvaradoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Paul BettencourtCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate7
BirdwellCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
César BlancoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate29
Donna CampbellCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Chuy HinojosaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Joan HuffmanCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Bryan HughesCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Lois KolkhorstCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
José MenéndezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Mayes MiddletonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Borris MilesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate13
Robert NicholsCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate3
Tan ParkerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Angela PaxtonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Charles PerryCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate28
Charles SchwertnerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate5
Royce WestCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Judith ZaffiriniCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21

“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. Referred to Public Education
  2. Read first time
  3. Received from the Senate
  4. Reported engrossed
  5. Record vote
  6. Passed
  7. Read 3rd time
  8. Record vote
  9. Three day rule suspended
  10. Vote recorded in Journal
  11. Passed to engrossment as amended
  12. Record vote

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

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