Monitoring the Session

HB 4664

Allen’s bill requiring schools to accommodate lactating students

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Alma A. AllenDHouse 131

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 requiring public schools to make reasonable accommodations for lactating students.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Covers middle and high school students who need to express breast milk.

The bill requires every Texas public school district, open-enrollment charter school, and the state schools for the blind and deaf to provide reasonable accommodations to lactating students. It covers students at the middle and high school level who need to express breast milk, breast-feed an infant, or handle other breast-feeding needs. Starting with the 2025-2026 school year, those schools must make such accommodations available.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R SB 1174 by Sen. Eckhardt (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 SB 1174 by Sen. Eckhardt (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 Mar 12, 2025 and referred to the House Public Education committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB4664 · 2025-03-12

SOLD BY

ITEM

relating to requiring public schools to make reasonable accommodations for lactating students.

WHAT IT DOES

Covers middle and high school students who need to express breast milk.

The bill requires every Texas public school district, open-enrollment charter school, and the state schools for the blind and deaf to provide reasonable accommodations to lactating students. It covers students at the middle and high school level who need to express breast milk, breast-feed an infant, or handle other breast-feeding needs. Starting with the 2025-2026 school year, those schools must make such accommodations available.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Public Education
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Donors

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 · Nov 1, 2024 to Aug 14, 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.

Texas Sands PAC$4,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$4,000.00

Cash
$4,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$4,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 6, 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: 100989001.

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 Nov 29, 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: 100989001.

Better Days Chiropractic Clinic$1,000.00

Better Days Chiropractic Clinic

$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 Nov 5, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 5, 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: 100989001.

Money

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

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Texas Sands PAC

$4,000.00

Cash
$4,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$4,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 6, 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: 100989001.

×

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 Nov 29, 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: 100989001.

×

Better Days Chiropractic Clinic

$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 Nov 5, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 5, 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: 100989001.

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 SB 1174

by Sen. Eckhardt, different lead author · Died in committee · same text

Introduced text

Last action, Mar 9, 2023: Referred to Education

Relating to requiring public schools to make reasonable accommodations for lactating students.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Mar 12, 2025

04/03/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Apr 3 2025 12:38PM

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 349 by Eckhardt (identical)

Subjects

Education--Primary & Secondary--General

Education--School Districts

Women

BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED, TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE

DEAF, TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE

Text

The text as introduced · 197 words

89R4372 CMO-D

By: Allen
H.B. No. 4664

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring public schools to make reasonable

accommodations for lactating students.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 38.044 to read as follows:

Sec. 38.044. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR LACTATING STUDENTS. The

board of trustees of each school district, the governing boards of

the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas

School for the Deaf, and the governing body of each open-enrollment

charter school shall provide reasonable accommodations to a

lactating student enrolled at the middle or high school level to

enable the student to:

(1) express breast milk;

(2) breast-feed an infant child; and

(3) address other needs related to breast-feeding.

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.