85th Legislative Session
School Health and Public Education
2017Related Legislation Tracking
This document containsschool health related legislation taken directly from the official Texas Legislature On-Line(TLO) Web site: . The bills listed have been filed during the 85th session.In order to track the progress of the bill, simply click on the Bill Link and go directly to TLO to view the progress of the bill. The check boxes to the right on this list can be utilized to help in your tracking.
NOTE: A brief descriptive caption of each bill has been provided. Captions provide only the most basic information about a bill. It is always best to read the entire bill to understand all relative items. To check the current status of a bill, click on the Bill link.
How to Use this Document
- Bill Links Column:
- The bill number provides access to a complete historyof the bill by going to the main bill page. Specific information can be obtained from this page including the stage the bill is in, any fiscal notes attached to the bill, and any revisions that have been made to the bill.
- Bill Information Column:
- Each bill summary is included directly from the TLO Web site. As previously noted, the summary does not always include specific details on the bill. It is advised that you read the entire bill to gain more information about the bill.
- Tracking Columns:
- The tracking columns are there to assist you in tracking the bill. Each bill must be heard in both the House and the Senate. For more information on how a bill becomes law, check out the TLO Web site at the following link:
Bill Number / Senate Bills / Passed Out of Senate Committee / Voted on by Senate / Passed Out of House Committee / Voted on by House
SB 6 / Relating to regulations and policies for entering or using a bathroom or changing facility; authorizing a civil penalty; increasing criminal penalties / X / X
SB 54 / Relating to the immunization data included in and excluded from the immunization registry
SB 155 / Relating to cardiac assessments of participants in extracurricular athletic activities sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League
SB 179 / Relating to student harassment, bullying, cyberbullying, injury to or death of a minor; creating a criminal offense
SB 180 / Relating to student harassment, bullying, and cyberbullying
SB 181 / Relating to civil liability for bullying of a child
SB 193 / Relating to Texas community schools
SB 196 /
Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours.
SB 273 / Relating to inclusion of instruction regarding police officers in the required curriculum for ninth grade public school students.
SB 355 / Relating to the adoption and implementation of a recess policy by public school districts.
SB 411 / Relating to the participation of campus-based mental health professionals in certain health benefit plans
SB 479 /
Relating to informed consent to immunizations for children.
SB 489 / Relating to recommendations regarding instruction in public schools to prevent the use of e-cigarettes. / X
SB 490 / Relating to information regarding the number of school counselors in public schools. / X / X
SB 545 /
Relating to information regarding autism spectrum disorders.
SB 579 / Relating to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors on private school campuses and at or in transit to or from off-campus school events.
(Companion to HB 1583) / X / X
SB 673 / Relating to a notification requirement if a public school campus or open-enrollment charter school does not have a nurse assigned to the campus during all instructional hours
SB 693 / Relating to three-point seat belts on buses that transport schoolchildren.
SB 757 / Relating to creating a voluntary program to recognize licensed before-school and after-school programs that promote healthy eating and physical activity.
SB 777 / Relating to the availability of school counselors at public middle, junior high, and high school campuses.
SB 850 / Relating to the mandatory spinal screening of public and private school students.
SB 1010 / Relating to requirements for and the transparency of epidemiological reports and immunization exemption information and reports.
SB 1068 / Relating to physical fitness assessment of public school students.
SB 1094 / Relating to parental rights regarding a student's participation in human sexuality instruction in public schools.
SB 1104 / Relating to human sexuality education in public schools.
SB 1141 / Relating to instruction of certain students in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
SB 1303 / Relating to the establishment of school district policies regarding the marketing and commercial advertising of food products on school district property.
SB 1308 / Relating to the program to provide free or reduced-price meals to certain public school students.
SB 1310 / Relating to elimination of the requirement that a school district establish a local school health advisory council.
SB 1316 / Relating to staff development in suicide prevention for public school educators.
SB 1587 / Relating to lead in drinking water at schools and child care facilities.
SB 1678 / Relating to the members of a school district's local school health advisory council.
SB 1686 / Relating to coordinated health programs for public school students.
SB 1688 / Relating to the establishment of the student mental health division within the Texas Education Agency.
SB 1689 / Relating to confidential mental health screenings for students in public primary and secondary schools.
SB 1692 / Relating to the creation of a nutrition education task force.
SB 1696 / Relating to a study on participation of public schools in a universal lunch program offered through the United States Department of Agriculture.
SB 1873 / Relating to a report regarding certain health and safety information prepared by the Texas Education Agency.
SB 2008 / Relating to claiming an exemption from required immunizations for public school students.
SB 2039 / Relating to the development of a program and training for public schools on the prevention of sexual abuse and sex trafficking and participation by the human trafficking prevention task force in that development.
Bill Number / House Bills / Passed Out of House Committee / Passed Out of House / Passed Out of Senate Committee / Passed Out of Senate
HB 54 / Relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of public schools.
HB 97 / Relating to consent to the immunization of certain children for cancer prevention or treatment.
HB 120 / Relating to non-medical exemptions from immunization requirements.
HB 168 / Relating to creating a voluntary program to recognize licensed before-school and after-school programs that promote healthy eating and physical activity.
HB 179 / Relating to the employment of certified school counselors by school districts.
HB 181 / Relating to the use of certified counselors’ work time.
HB 226 / Relating to education programs regarding AIDS and HIV infection.
HB 241 / Relating to a health care practitioner counseling requirement for persons claiming an immunization exemption on the basis of conscience, including a religious belief
HB 243 / Relating to the immunization data included in and excluded from the immunization registry
HB 304 / Relating to civil liability for bullying of a child
HB 305 / Relating to student harassment, bullying, and cyberbullying
HB 306 / Relating to student harassment, bullying, cyberbullying, injury to or death of minor; creating a criminal offense
HB 353 / Relating to the assignment of certain behavioral health professionals to certain public schools
HB 367 / Relating to feeding hungry children through efficient use of excess food in public schools / X
HB 396 / Relating to corporal punishment in public schools
HB 460 / Relating to continuing education requirements for certain educators.
HB 627 / Relating to the regulation of licensed specialists in school psychology
HB 726 / Relating to the mandatory removal of public school students from classrooms following certain conduct.
HB 729 / Relating to instruction in positive character traits in public schools.
HB 743 / Relating to social work services in public schools.
HB 861 / Relating to the salary paid to certain professional staff employed by public schools.
HB 941 / Relating to a pilot program for the distribution of certain contraceptives in participating public school districts.
HB 1029 /
Relating to informed consent to immunizations for children
HB 1068 / Relating to including fetal development instruction as part of the health curriculum used in public schools in certain grade levels.
HB 1076 / Relating to the mandatory spinal screening of public and private school students.
HB 1124 / Relating to claiming an exemption from required immunizations for public school students.
HB 1188 / Relating to three-point seat belts on buses that transport schoolchildren.
HB 1547 / Relating to human sexuality education in public schools.
HB 1583 / Relating to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors on private school campuses and at or in transit to or from off-campus school events.
Companion to SB 579
HB 1720 / Relating to parental notice regarding an incident of lice in a public elementary school.
HB 1847 / Relating to a notification requirement if a public school campus or open-enrollment charter school does not have a nurse assigned to the campus during all instructional hours.
HB 1869 / Relating to training for employees of school districts and open-enrollment charter schools on the prevention of sexual abuse and other maltreatment of certain children.
HB 2243 / Relating to the establishment of a workgroup to examine the implementation of dating violence awareness and education programs in public schools.
HB 2244 / Relating to the establishment of a workgroup to examine the implementation of dating violence awareness and education programs in public schools.
HB 2249 / Relating to requirements for and the transparency of epidemiological reports and immunization exemption information and reports.
HB 2258 / Relating to the establishment of the student mental health division within the Texas Education Agency.
HB 2395 / Relating to testing for lead contamination in public school drinking water.
HB 2645 / Relating to the development of a program and training for public schools on the prevention of sexual abuse and sex trafficking and participation by the human trafficking prevention task force in that development.
HB 2864 / Relating to the provision of on-campus mental health services by a school district and reimbursement under Medicaid for certain services provided to eligible students.
HB 2874 / Relating to providing information regarding immunization requirements for admission to public elementary and secondary school.
HB 2884 / Relating to health and physical education requirements in public schools.
HB 2897 / Relating to the mental health first aid program training and reporting.
HB 3024 / Relating to the removal of a public school student from an interscholastic athletic activity on the basis of a suspected concussion.
HB 3112 / Relating to the development of healthy nutrition and physical activity guidelines for public school teachers, public school administrators, and licensed child-care providers.
HB 3145 / Relating to the adoption and implementation of a recess policy by public school districts.
HB 3157 / Relating to requirements for screenings in public or private schools to detect vision disorders of students.
HB 3296 / Relating to persons required to establish nursing peer review committees.
HB 3347 / Relating to before-school and after-school programs established by public school districts.
HB 3449 / Relating to staff development requirements for public school educators regarding mental health and suicide prevention.
HB 3606 / Relating to the School Health Survey.
HB 3684 / Relating to recommendations regarding instruction in public schools to prevent the use of e-cigarettes.
HB 3695 / Relating to lead in drinking water at schools and child care facilities.
HB 3716 / Relating to reports of physical fitness assessment results provided by school districts to the Texas Education Agency.
HB 3853 / Relating to the availability of certain behavioral health professionals at certain public schools.
HB 3887 / Relating to trauma training for public school personnel.
HB 4004 / Relating to verification of eligibility for the school lunch program.
HB 4116 / Relating to an interstate compact regulating nurses.
HB 4138 / Relating to local school health advisory councils and to human sexuality education in public schools.
HB 4148 / Relating to development of the form for the annual immunization status report by public schools.
HB 4149 / Relating to information provided to public school students regarding the use of anabolic steroids.
HB 4150 / Relating to safety training for certain public school extracurricular activities.
HB 4151 / Relating to dissemination of bacterial meningitis information by school districts.
HB 4176 / Relating to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors in public schools.
HB 4206 / Relating to elimination of the requirement that a school district establish a local school health advisory council.
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Texas Department of State Health Services, DSHS, Last Updated on April 17, 2017