Monitoring the Session

HB 4442

bill requiring a mindfulness elective in every district

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Salman BhojaniDHouse 92

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 an elective course on mindfulness for middle school, junior high school, and high school students.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Focus, stress management and compassion, for elective credit in high school.

The bill requires every Texas school district and open-enrollment charter school to offer an elective course on mindfulness to middle school, junior high, and high school students. The course must teach techniques for focus, stress management, emotional regulation, self-awareness and compassion, and the high school version must count as an elective credit. Schools would have to add the course starting in the 2026-2027 school year, though students would not be required to take it.

Labels

Labels: ACROSS THE AISLE. Joint authors: 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Public Education committee 8-4 on May 6, 2025. Never placed on a calendar. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB4442 · 2025-03-11

SOLD BY

Rep. Salman BhojaniDHouse 92 Rep. Alma A. AllenDHouse 131 Rep. John LujanRHouse 118

+ 2 more authors, 57 coauthors

ITEM

relating to an elective course on mindfulness for middle school, junior high school, and high school students.

WHAT IT DOES

Focus, stress management and compassion, for elective credit in high school.

The bill requires every Texas school district and open-enrollment charter school to offer an elective course on mindfulness to middle school, junior high, and high school students. The course must teach techniques for focus, stress management, emotional regulation, self-awareness and compassion, and the high school version must count as an elective credit. Schools would have to add the course starting in the 2026-2027 school year, though students would not be required to take it.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · May 11, 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

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Public Education
  4. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  5. Considered in public hearing
  6. Committee substitute considered in committee
  7. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  8. Left pending in committee
  9. Considered in public hearing
  10. Committee substitute considered in committee
  11. Reported favorably as substituted
  12. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  13. Committee report distributed
  14. Committee report sent to Calendars
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

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.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses38
For
19
Against
15
On
4
Names

For

  • DFER TX1 registration
  • NAMI Texas1 registration
  • National Association of Social Workers- Texas Chapter1 registration
  • Self10 registrations
  • Self; Students Engaged in Advancing Texas1 registration
  • Self; Texas AFT1 registration
  • Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists (TASP)1 registration
  • Self; Texas School Nurses Organization1 registration
  • Spark Change Project1 registration
  • Texas Counseling Association1 registration

Against

  • Self5 registrations
  • Self; Citizens Commission on Human Rights Texas1 registration
  • Self; Texas Eagle Forum1 registration
  • Self; True Texas Project4 registrations
  • Self; True texas project3 registrations
  • Texas state teachers association1 registration

On

  • Self2 registrations
  • Self; Self-teacher1 registration
  • Texas Education Agency1 registration
Sources

38 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 significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · May 11, 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.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Mar 11, 2025

05/14/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

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

Coauthors
Rafael AnchíaDHouse 103 Trent AshbyRHouse 9 Diego M. BernalDHouse 123 Rhetta Andrews BowersDHouse 113 John BryantDHouse 114 John H. Bucy IIIDHouse 136 Benjamin BumgarnerRHouse 63 Elizabeth "Liz" CamposDHouse 119 Terry CanalesDHouse 40 Nicole CollierDHouse 95 Philip CortezDHouse 117 Charles CunninghamRHouse 127 Drew DarbyRHouse 72 Aicha DavisDHouse 109 Yvonne DavisDHouse 111 Mano DeAyalaRHouse 133 Lulu FloresDHouse 51 Cassandra Garcia HernandezDHouse 115 Josey GarciaDHouse 124 Linda GarciaDHouse 107 Mary E. GonzálezDHouse 75 Vikki GoodwinDHouse 47 Ryan GuillenRHouse 31 Richard HayesRHouse 57 Ana HernandezDHouse 143 Gina HinojosaDHouse 49 Venton JonesDHouse 100 Helen KerwinRHouse 58 Marc LaHoodRHouse 121 Stan LambertRHouse 71 Oscar LongoriaDHouse 35 J. M. LozanoRHouse 43 Christian ManuelDHouse 22 Armando "Mando" MartinezDHouse 39 Trey Martinez FischerDHouse 116 Don McLaughlinRHouse 80 Terry MezaDHouse 105 Joe MoodyDHouse 78 Eddie MoralesDHouse 74 Sergio Muñoz Jr.DHouse 36 Vincent PerezDHouse 77 Mihaela PlesaDHouse 70 Richard Peña RaymondDHouse 42 Ron ReynoldsDHouse 27 Ana-María Rodríguez RamosDHouse 102 Toni RoseDHouse 110 Jon E. RosenthalDHouse 135 Lauren Ashley SimmonsDHouse 146 James TalaricoDHouse 50 Senfronia ThompsonDHouse 141 Chris TurnerDHouse 101 Gary VanDeaverRHouse 1 Hubert VoDHouse 149 Armando WalleDHouse 140 Charlene Ward JohnsonDHouse 139 Gene WuDHouse 137 Erin ZwienerDHouse 45

House committee · Public Education · Committee vote 8 aye, 4 nay, 2 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum

Minors--Health & Safety

Text

The text as introduced · 202 words

89R13671 KRM-D

By: Bhojani
H.B. No. 4442

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an elective course on mindfulness for middle school,

junior high school, and high school students.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 28.0115 to read as follows:

Sec. 28.0115. ELECTIVE COURSE ON MINDFULNESS. (a) A school

district or open-enrollment charter school shall offer an elective

course on mindfulness to students in middle school, junior high

school, and high school. The course provided to high school

students must meet the requirements for an elective credit under

Section 28.025.

(b) A course under this section must include instruction on

techniques to:

(1) enhance focus and concentration;

(2) manage stress;

(3) improve emotional regulation; and

(4) cultivate increased self-awareness and

compassion.

SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2026-2027

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.