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SB3061 • 2025

Relating to the eligibility of children of certain elected officials to participate in an education savings account program.

Relating to the eligibility of children of certain elected officials to participate in an education savings account program.

Children Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Creighton
Last action
2025-05-16
Official status
05/16/2025 H Referred to Public Education: May 16 2025 2:37PM
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to the eligibility of children of certain elected officials to participate in an education savings account program.

Relating to the eligibility of children of certain elected officials to participate in an education savings account program.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the eligibility of children of certain elected officials to participate in an education savings account program.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  2. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Public Education

  3. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  4. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid before the Senate

  5. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  6. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  7. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  8. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  10. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  11. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  12. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  13. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  14. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  15. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  16. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  17. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  18. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  19. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  20. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  21. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  23. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  24. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Permission to introduce

  25. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  26. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Education K-16

  27. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Posting rule suspended

Official Summary Text

Relating to the eligibility of children of certain elected officials to participate in an education savings account program.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) SB 3061 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

By: Creighton, et al.

S.B. No. 3061

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the eligibility of children of certain elected

officials to participate in an education savings account program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 29, Education Code, is amended by adding

Subchapter J to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER J. EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT PROGRAM

Sec.

29.3511.

DEFINITION OF PROGRAM. For purposes of

Section 29.3551, "program" means the education savings account

program established under S.B. 2, Acts of the 89th Legislature,

Regular Session, 2025.

This section expires September 1, 2026.

Sec.

29.3551.

ELIGIBILITY OF CHILDREN OF CERTAIN ELECTED

OFFICIALS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,

a child is not eligible to participate in the program during the

period in which the child's parent or legal guardian is a state

representative, state senator, or statewide elected official.

SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2026-2027

school year.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.