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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 983: Relating to local school health advisory councils and instruction regarding human sexuality, sexual orientation, and gender identity provided by public schools.

In committee 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 983 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on January 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to local school health advisory councils and instruction regarding human sexuality, sexual orientation, and gender identity provided by public schools. Primary sponsor: Bryan Hughes (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 8, 2025): Co-author authorized.

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 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bryan HughesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Kevin SparksCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate31

“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. Co-author authorized
  2. Referred to Education K-16
  3. Read first time
  4. Filed
  5. Received by the Secretary of the Senate

Sources

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