Monitoring the SessionHB 2469
Died in committee
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
relating to access to certain Internet websites in public schools.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Mental health, abuse and bullying resources stay unblocked.
The bill bars Texas public school districts and open-enrollment charter schools from blocking student access to websites that offer resources on mental health or suicide prevention, human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, substance abuse, or bullying. It touches every school district and charter school, along with the web filters they run on school networks and devices. Starting with the 2025-2026 school year, schools would have to make sure their filtering software lets those resource sites through.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 1945 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 1945 (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 Feb 5, 2025 and referred to the House Public Education committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB2469 · 2025-02-05
relating to access to certain Internet websites in public schools.
Mental health, abuse and bullying resources stay unblocked.
The bill bars Texas public school districts and open-enrollment charter schools from blocking student access to websites that offer resources on mental health or suicide prevention, human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, substance abuse, or bullying. It touches every school district and charter school, along with the web filters they run on school networks and devices. Starting with the 2025-2026 school year, schools would have to make sure their filtering software lets those resource sites through.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 2, 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.
$85,000.00
Also funds 1 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Mar 25, 2026 to Sep 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
Derived itemized flow · Mar 25, 2026 to Sep 22, 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: 101056369, 101068193.
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$85,000.00
Also funds 1 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Mar 25, 2026 to Sep 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
Derived itemized flow · Mar 25, 2026 to Sep 22, 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: 101056369, 101068193.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Rosenthal, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Mar 8, 2023: Referred to Youth Health & Safety, Select
Relating to access to certain Internet websites in public schools.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Feb 5, 2025
03/17/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 17 2025 2:32PM
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
Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools
Education--School Districts
Family--Family Violence
Mental Health & Substance Abuse
BULLYING
CHILD ABUSE
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
INTERNET
SEXUAL ASSAULT
The text as introduced · 173 words
By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 2469 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to access to certain Internet websites in public schools. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 38.041 to read as follows: Sec. 38.041. RESTRICTING ACCESS TO CERTAIN WEBSITES PROHIBITED. A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not restrict access to an Internet website, including by using filtering software, that provides resources for students related to: (1) mental health or suicide prevention; (2) human trafficking; (3) interpersonal or domestic violence; (4) sexual assault; (5) child abuse; (6) substance abuse; or (7) bullying. 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.