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Votes at a glance: key bills the Texas House passed April 17
Summary
A roundup of notable final passage votes taken by the House on April 17, including education, school safety, and a series of other bills. Tallies and brief descriptions are provided for each measure recorded on the floor.
The Texas House recorded final passage on a number of bills during its April 17 session. Below are key measures that reached final passage on the floor that day, with vote tallies and short descriptions as announced on the record.
Votes at a glance
- SB 2 — Education savings accounts (Creighton). Final passage: 86 ayes, 61 nays. Sponsor: Dr. Buckley moved final passage. Description: Establishes an education savings account program for eligible students; implementation and appropriations details to be set in follow‑on actions.
- SB 260 — School safety allotment (Hoffman). Final passage: 143 ayes, 0 nays. Sponsor explanation by Dr. Bonham. Description: Raises per‑student and per‑campus school safety allotments under the foundation school program (per transcript: per‑student and per campus amounts increased).
- SB 569 — Virtual and hybrid education structure (Bettencourt). Final passage: 109 ayes, 32 nays. Sponsor explanation by Mr. Kaufman. Description: Establishes a unified structure for virtual and hybrid education and related attendance funding provisions.
- HB 2 — Public education and school finance (Buckley). Final passage: 142 ayes, 5 nays. Sponsor: Dr. Buckley moved final passage. Description: Major public school finance legislation described on the floor as historic funding for public schools.
- HB 2000 — Audrey's Law (Ashby). Final passage: 47 ayes, 0 nays. Sponsor: Mr. Ashby. Description: Requires individuals convicted of the offense of child grooming to register as sexual offenders (per floor explanation).
- HB 222 (House Bill 2 22) — Classroom management / school safety language (Talarico). Final passage: 91 ayes, 55 nays. Sponsor: Mr. Talarico. Description: Floor remarks described the bill as restoring classroom management tools and increasing school safety measures.
- HB 645 — Co‑navigation services for deaf‑blind individuals (Gonzales of El Paso). Final passage: 107 ayes, 39 nays. Sponsor: Ms. Gonzales. Description: Provides certain co‑navigation services for individuals who are deaf‑blind.
- HB 1458 — Armed security officers at public schools (Metcalfe). Final passage: 145 ayes, 0 nays. Sponsor: Mr. Metcalfe. Description: Expands eligibility and training requirements for armed personnel in schools; a perfecting amendment requiring active‑shooter training was adopted on the floor.
- HB 1022 — Sol Ross State University course levels (Morales of Maverick). Final passage: 37 ayes, 7 nays. Sponsor: Mr. Morales (Maverick). Description: Removes the phrase “upper‑level” so Sol Ross State University — Rio Grande College can offer lower‑division courses; effective date amendment changed an erroneous 2028 effective date to 2026.
- HB 141 — Revised interstate compact for placement of children (Manuel). Final passage: 38 ayes, 9 nays. Sponsor: Mr. Manuel. Description: Adopts the revised interstate compact for placement of children and makes conforming changes.
- HB 643 — Payment bond increase for municipal projects (final tally reported 98 ayes, 47 nays). Description: Increase in certain municipal payment bond thresholds (as read on the floor).
- HB 3093 — Property tax calculation for appealed appraisals (Villalobos). Final passage: 45 ayes, 1 nay. Description: Allows certain local entities to budget off uncontested values to protect taxing jurisdictions from valuation swings.
- HB 1700 — Telemedicine/telehealth records (Fairley). Final passage: 44 ayes, 1 nay. Description: Relates to certain records of health professionals providing telemedicine/telehealth services.
- HB 117 — Governor's task force on early childhood (Schoolcraft). Final passage: 103 ayes, 40 nays. Description: Establishes a governor's task force on early childhood education and care.
How to read these entries: tallies and short descriptions come from clerk announcements and explanatory remarks on the House floor. Some bills had floor amendments adopted; where a specific amendment was adopted the bill entry notes it. If a bill’s text or appropriation details were not discussed on the floor, those items are marked as “not specified” and should be checked in the enrolled/engrossed versions and committee reports.
If you need a deeper readout for any single bill (full amendment text, fiscal note, committee votes), those items are in the engrossed/enrolled bill text and committee files.
