HB 1773: bill allowing nonvoting student trustees on school boards

Caption

relating to allowing the board of trustees of certain school districts to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the board.

Caption from analyzed text · version H.

Summary

A student gets a seat. Not a vote.

The bill lets a local school board appoint a student to sit on the board as a nonvoting student trustee. It applies to school districts not already covered by an existing student-trustee section of the Education Code, and it touches school boards and the students they choose to appoint. A board that opts in can seat a student who attends and takes part in open meetings, but the student cannot vote, make or second motions, or count toward a quorum.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 2287 by Rep. Talarico (Died in committee) and this bill (Did not pass). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 2287 by Rep. Talarico (Died in committee). 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.ACROSS THE AISLE. Joint authors: 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.GOT HALFWAY. Passed the House on May 7, 2025. Died in the Senate: received, never referred to a committee.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB1773 · 2025-01-08

SOLD BY

Rep. Salman BhojaniDHouse 92

Rep. Gary VanDeaverRHouse 1

Rep. Janie LopezRHouse 37

+ 2 more authors, 13 coauthors

ITEM

relating to allowing the board of trustees of certain school districts to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the board.

WHAT IT DOES

A student gets a seat. Not a vote.

The bill lets a local school board appoint a student to sit on the board as a nonvoting student trustee. It applies to school districts not already covered by an existing student-trustee section of the Education Code, and it touches school boards and the students they choose to appoint. A board that opts in can seat a student who attends and takes part in open meetings, but the student cannot vote, make or second motions, or count toward a quorum.

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 12, 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

Jan 8, 2025Filed
Mar 14, 2025Read first time
Mar 14, 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, 2025Amended 1-Ashby
May 6, 2025Passed to engrossment as amended
May 6, 2025Record vote RV#1508
May 6, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 7, 2025Read 3rd time
May 7, 2025Passed
May 7, 2025Record vote RV#1585
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 · 100 yea · 47 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

Salman Bhojani

Donors

6301 ECC LLC$36KSam Mahrouq$25,000Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$21K

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 · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. 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.

6301 ECC LLC$36,400.00

6301 ECC LLC

$36,400.00

Cash: $0.00
Paid by others: $36,400.00
Total: $36,400.00

Other filed descriptions $36,400.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. 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: 100978329, 101005348, 101026340, 101056439, 101069774, 101071921.

Sam Mahrouq$25,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$21,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$21,000.00

Cash: $21,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $21,000.00

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 · Oct 4, 2024 to Oct 9, 2026. 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: 100978329, 101026340, 101056439, 101071921.

Money

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

×

6301 ECC LLC

$36,400.00

Cash: $0.00
Paid by others: $36,400.00
Total: $36,400.00

Other filed descriptions $36,400.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. 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: 100978329, 101005348, 101026340, 101056439, 101069774, 101071921.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$21,000.00

Cash: $21,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $21,000.00

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 · Oct 4, 2024 to Oct 9, 2026. 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: 100978329, 101026340, 101056439, 101071921.

Votes2

House May 7, 2025

Yea: 100
Nay: 47
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 1
Excused: 0

Names

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

House journal

Sources

Record 1585

HB 1773 was passed by (Record 1585): 100 Yeas, 47 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

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

Yea: 100 (published)
Nay: 47 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 1 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

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

House May 6, 2025

Yea: 107
Nay: 35
Present, not voting: 3
Absent: 3
Excused: 2

Names

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

House journal

Sources

Record 1508

HB 1773, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 1508): 107 Yeas, 35 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

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

Yea: 107 (published)
Nay: 35 (published)
Present, not voting: 3 (published)
Absent: 3 (derived from named list)
Excused: 2 (derived from named list)

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

Witnesses13

For: 11
Against: 0
On: 2

Names

For

Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE)1 registration
Children at Risk1 registration
Girls Empowerment Network1 registration
IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association)1 registration
Self1 registration
Self; DFER Texas1 registration
Self; Students Engaged in Advancing Texas1 registration
TASB1 registration
Texas Association of School Boards1 registration
Texas Classroom Teachers Association1 registration
Texas State Teachers Association1 registration

On

Self1 registration
Texas Education Agency1 registration

Sources

13 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 12, 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 H by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

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

88R HB 2287

by Rep. Talarico, different lead author · Died in committee · same text

Introduced text

Last action, Mar 9, 2023: Referred to Public Education

Relating to allowing the board of trustees of certain school districts to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the board.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Jan 8, 2025

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

Elizabeth "Liz" CamposDHouse 119

Sheryl ColeDHouse 46

Philip CortezDHouse 117

Aicha DavisDHouse 109

Lulu FloresDHouse 51

Donna HowardDHouse 48

Venton JonesDHouse 100

Trey Martinez FischerDHouse 116

Joe MoodyDHouse 78

Penny Morales ShawDHouse 148

Lauren Ashley SimmonsDHouse 146

Trey WhartonRHouse 12

Gene WuDHouse 137

House committee · Public Education · Committee vote 11 aye, 2 nay, 2 absent · Out of committee

Companion

SB 940 by West (identical)

Subjects

Education--Primary & Secondary--General

Education--School Districts

Text

The text as introduced · 239 words

89R6125 BCH-F

By: Bhojani
H.B. No. 1773

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to allowing the board of trustees of certain school

districts to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the

board.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 11, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 11.0512 to read as follows:

Sec. 11.0512. STUDENT TRUSTEE. (a) This section applies

only to a school district to which Section 11.0511 does not apply.

(b) In addition to the number of trustees of a school

district as provided by Section 11.051, the board of trustees of a

school district may appoint a student trustee in the manner and for

a term prescribed by the board.

(c) A student trustee is not a member of the board of

trustees of the school district for which the student is appointed.

A student trustee has the same powers and duties as a member of the

board of trustees, including the right to attend and participate in

open meetings of the board, except that the student trustee:

(1) may not vote on any matter before the board or make

or second any motion before the board; and

(2) is not counted in determining whether a quorum

exists for a meeting of the board or in determining the outcome of

any vote of the board.

SECTION 2. 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

6301 ECC LLC

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

6301 ECC LLC

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

House May 7, 2025

House May 6, 2025

For

On

88R HB 2287

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