HB 1411: bill letting hourly school workers get paid for holidays

Caption

relating to the use of personal leave during school holidays by certain school district employees.

Summary

Up to two personal leave days a year cover unpaid holidays.

The bill lets certain school district workers use up to two of their state personal leave days each year to get paid for school holidays when they would otherwise go unpaid. It covers only hourly-type employees who are not exempt from federal overtime rules and whose pay is not spread across the full year. Starting with the 2025-2026 school year, those workers can turn an unpaid school holiday into a paid day by drawing on leave they already have.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 768 (Did not pass) and this bill (Did not pass). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 768 (Did not pass). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.GOT HALFWAY. Passed the House on May 7, 2025. Died in the Senate: received, never referred to a committee.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB1411 · 2024-11-19

SOLD BY

Rep. Alma A. AllenDHouse 131

Rep. Mihaela PlesaDHouse 70

+ 1 coauthor

ITEM

relating to the use of personal leave during school holidays by certain school district employees.

WHAT IT DOES

Up to two personal leave days a year cover unpaid holidays.

The bill lets certain school district workers use up to two of their state personal leave days each year to get paid for school holidays when they would otherwise go unpaid. It covers only hourly-type employees who are not exempt from federal overtime rules and whose pay is not spread across the full year. Starting with the 2025-2026 school year, those workers can turn an unpaid school holiday into a paid day by drawing on leave they already have.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 14, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Nov 19, 2024Filed
Mar 11, 2025Read first time
Mar 11, 2025Referred to Public Education
Apr 15, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Apr 15, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 15, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Apr 15, 2025Left pending in committee
Apr 22, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 22, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Apr 29, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Apr 29, 2025Committee report distributed
Apr 30, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
May 2, 2025Considered in Calendars
May 5, 2025Placed on General State Calendar
May 6, 2025Read 2nd time
May 6, 2025Passed to engrossment
May 6, 2025Record vote RV#1512
May 6, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 7, 2025Read 3rd time
May 7, 2025Passed
May 7, 2025Record vote RV#1589
May 7, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 7, 2025Reported engrossed
May 7, 2025Received from the House

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 88 yea · 58 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 7, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Alma A. Allen

Donors

Texas Sands PAC$4K Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$2K Better Days Chiropractic Clinic$1K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Nov 1, 2024 to Aug 14, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Sands PAC$4,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$4,000.00

Cash: $4,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $4,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 6, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989001.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$1,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$1,500.00

Cash: $1,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $1,500.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 29, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989001.

Better Days Chiropractic Clinic$1,000.00

Better Days Chiropractic Clinic

$1,000.00

Cash: $1,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $1,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Nov 5, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 5, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989001.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$4,000.00

Cash: $4,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $4,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 6, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989001.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$1,500.00

Cash: $1,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $1,500.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 29, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989001.

×

Better Days Chiropractic Clinic

$1,000.00

Cash: $1,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $1,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Nov 5, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 5, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989001.

Votes2

House May 7, 2025

Yea: 88
Nay: 58
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 2
Excused: 0

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 1589

HB 1411 was passed by (Record 1589): 88 Yeas, 58 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 88 (published)
Nay: 58 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 2 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House May 6, 2025

Yea: 89
Nay: 57
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 0
Excused: 2

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 1512

HB 1411 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1512): 89 Yeas, 57 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 89 (published)
Nay: 57 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 2 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses6

For: 6
Against: 0
On: 0

Names

For

Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE)1 registration
Self1 registration
Self; DFER Texas1 registration
Texas Classroom Teachers Association1 registration
Texas PTA1 registration
Texas State Teachers Association1 registration

Sources

6 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 14, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R HB 768

by Rep. Allen, same lead author · Did not pass · reworked

Introduced text

Last action, May 6, 2023: Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to the use of personal leave during school holidays by certain school district employees.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 19, 2024

05/07/2025 S Received from the House

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report · Engrossed

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Coauthors

Lulu FloresDHouse 51

House committee · Public Education · Committee vote 11 aye, 1 nay, 3 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel

Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & LEAVE

Text

The text as introduced · 229 words

89R4235 GP-D

By: Allen
H.B. No. 1411

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use of personal leave during school holidays by

certain school district employees.

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

SECTION 1. Section 22.003, Education Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:

(g) A school district employee with available personal

leave under the state minimum personal leave program is entitled to

use the leave for compensation for a day designated as a school

holiday for which the employee would otherwise not receive

compensation. An employee may not use more than two of the personal

leave days provided to the employee per year under the program for

days designated as school holidays during that year. This

subsection applies only to a school district employee:

(1) who is not exempt from the overtime provisions of

the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201

et seq.); and

(2) whose pay is not annualized.

SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026

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.

Verdict: No flags

The receipt

SOLD BY

ITEM

WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

Texas Sands PAC

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

Better Days Chiropractic Clinic

Texas Sands PAC

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

Better Days Chiropractic Clinic

House May 7, 2025

House May 6, 2025

For

88R HB 768