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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 609: Relating to requiring independent school districts, home-rule school districts, and open-enrollment charter schools to comply with legally required policies.

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 609 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on December 13, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to requiring independent school districts, home-rule school districts, and open-enrollment charter schools to comply with legally required policies. Primary sponsor: Angela Paxton (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 17, 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): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Angela PaxtonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate8
KingCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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. Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  10. Record vote
  11. Passed to engrossment
  12. Record vote

Showing 12 most recent of 31 actions. Full history

Sources

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