HB 2312

bill splitting the bilingual teaching certificate in two

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the requirements for issuance of a supplemental bilingual education teaching certificate.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Sixth grade and below, and grades 7 through 12.

The bill orders the State Board for Educator Certification to propose rules splitting the bilingual education supplemental teaching certificate into two versions, one for sixth grade and below and one for grades 7 through 12. It touches teachers seeking bilingual certification and the board that certifies them. People who fail parts of the Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test could retake only the failed sections, with fewer components, including possibly skipping the lesson-plan component.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 5079 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 5079 (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.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Jan 31, 2025 and referred to the House Public Education committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB2312 · 2025-01-31

SOLD BY

Rep. R.D. "Bobby" GuerraDHouse 41

ITEM

relating to the requirements for issuance of a supplemental bilingual education teaching certificate.

WHAT IT DOES

Sixth grade and below, and grades 7 through 12.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Jan 31, 2025Filed
Mar 14, 2025Read first time
Mar 14, 2025Referred to Public Education

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

R.D. "Bobby" Guerra

Donors

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas$3K Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$2K Exxon Mobile PAC$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 · Oct 28, 2024 to Oct 11, 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.

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas$2,500.00

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas

$2,500.00

Cash: $2,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $2,500.00

Also funds 53 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 15, 2024 to Sep 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 15, 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: 100985170.

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 Dec 12, 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: 100985170.

Exxon Mobile PAC$1,000.00

Exxon Mobile PAC

$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 Oct 31, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 31, 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: 100985170.

Money

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

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas

$2,500.00

Cash: $2,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $2,500.00

Also funds 53 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 15, 2024 to Sep 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 15, 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: 100985170.

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 Dec 12, 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: 100985170.

Exxon Mobile PAC

$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 Oct 31, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 31, 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: 100985170.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

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 5079

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

Introduced text

Last action, Mar 23, 2023: Referred to Public Education

Relating to the requirements for issuance of a supplemental bilingual education teaching certificate.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Jan 31, 2025

03/14/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

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

House committee · Public Education · Final status: Died in committee

Companion

SB 2672 by Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" (identical)

Subjects

Education--Bilingual

Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers

EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION, STATE BOARD FOR

Text

The text as introduced · 309 words

89R8385 RDR-D

By: Guerra
H.B. No. 2312

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the requirements for issuance of a supplemental

bilingual education teaching certificate.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 21.04895 to read as follows:

Sec. 21.04895. REQUIREMENTS FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION

SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATION. (a) The board shall propose rules to

ensure that in issuing the teaching certificates appropriate for

bilingual education instruction in accordance with Section

29.061(a), the board issues bifurcated supplemental certificates

in bilingual education instruction that, combined with a teacher's

primary certificate, certify the teacher to provide bilingual

education instruction to students in sixth grade and below or

students in 7th through 12th grade, as applicable. The bifurcated

supplemental certificates must be tailored to providing bilingual

education instruction in the applicable grades to which the

teacher's primary certificate applies.

(b) The rules proposed by the board shall allow a person

seeking certification described by Subsection (a) who fails to

perform satisfactorily on the required Bilingual Target Language

Proficiency Test to:

(1) retake only the sections of the test that include

the domains on which the person failed to perform satisfactorily;

and

(2) during a retake of the test described by

Subdivision (1), demonstrate the person's language proficiency

through the completion of fewer components, including eliminating a

component that requires the preparation of a lesson plan for a

person who fails to perform satisfactorily on a domain requiring

completion of that component.

SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date

of this Act, the State Board for Educator Certification shall

propose rules prescribing the requirements for a supplemental

educator certification in bilingual education instruction as

provided by Section 21.04895, Education Code, as added by this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.