Monitoring the SessionHB 430
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 the terminology used to refer to certain disabilities in determining eligibility for special education services in public schools.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
“Emotional disturbance” becomes “emotional dysregulation.”
The bill changes the state's special education eligibility list so that "emotional disturbance" is now called "emotional dysregulation." It touches public school students who qualify for special education under that category, plus the districts that evaluate them. Because the new term is defined to mean exactly what the federal "emotional disturbance" definition means, eligibility does not change on the ground; only the label does, starting September 1, 2025.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 2831 (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 2831 (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 Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Public Education committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB430 · 2024-11-12
relating to the terminology used to refer to certain disabilities in determining eligibility for special education services in public schools.
“Emotional disturbance” becomes “emotional dysregulation.”
The bill changes the state's special education eligibility list so that "emotional disturbance" is now called "emotional dysregulation." It touches public school students who qualify for special education under that category, plus the districts that evaluate them. Because the new term is defined to mean exactly what the federal "emotional disturbance" definition means, eligibility does not change on the ground; only the label does, starting September 1, 2025.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
RENAMING AND CEREMONIAL · analysis confidence 80%
The only change to the eligibility list swaps one name for another. The new definition points back to the federal meaning of the old term, so no student gains or loses eligibility.
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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. Goodwin, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 14, 2023: Referred to Public Education
Relating to the terminology used to refer to certain disabilities in determining eligibility for special education services in public schools.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
02/28/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Feb 28 2025 11:02AM
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--Special
Mental Health & Substance Abuse
The text as introduced · 215 words
89R1372 ANG-D By: Goodwin H.B. No. 430 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the terminology used to refer to certain disabilities in determining eligibility for special education services in public schools. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 29.003, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (b) A student is eligible to participate in a school district's special education program if the student: (1) is not more than 21 years of age and has a visual or auditory impairment that prevents the student from being adequately or safely educated in public school without the provision of special services; or (2) is at least three but not more than 21 years of age and has one or more of the following disabilities that prevents the student from being adequately or safely educated in public school without the provision of special services: (A) physical disability; (B) intellectual or developmental disability; (C) emotional dysregulation [ disturbance ]; (D) learning disability; (E) autism; (F) speech disability; or (G) traumatic brain injury. (c) In this section, "emotional dysregulation" has the meaning assigned to the term "emotional disturbance" by 34 C.F.R. Section 300.8(c)(4). SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.