Monitoring the Session

HB 678

student IDs get the National Sexual Assault Hotline

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Armando WalleDHouse 140

Initial review · graded Oct 19, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the inclusion of the National Sexual Assault Hotline on certain student identification cards issued by a public institution of higher education.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Printed on every public college and university card.

The bill adds the National Sexual Assault Hotline to the list of contact numbers that must be printed on every student ID card issued by a Texas public college or university. It touches public institutions of higher education and the students who carry their ID cards. New ID cards issued after the law takes effect must show the sexual assault hotline next to the suicide prevention lifeline and the Crisis Text Line already required.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 2208 (Died in committee) and this bill (Did not pass). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 2208 (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.GOT HALFWAY. Passed the House on May 10, 2025. Died in the Senate: received, never referred to a committee.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB678 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Armando WalleDHouse 140 Rep. Suleman LalaniDHouse 76 Rep. Linda GarciaDHouse 107

+ 2 more authors, 1 coauthor

ITEM

relating to the inclusion of the National Sexual Assault Hotline on certain student identification cards issued by a public institution of higher education.

WHAT IT DOES

Printed on every public college and university card.

The bill adds the National Sexual Assault Hotline to the list of contact numbers that must be printed on every student ID card issued by a Texas public college or university. It touches public institutions of higher education and the students who carry their ID cards. New ID cards issued after the law takes effect must show the sexual assault hotline next to the suicide prevention lifeline and the Crisis Text Line already required.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 31, 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 Higher Education
  4. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  5. Considered in public hearing
  6. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  7. Left pending in committee
  8. Considered in public hearing
  9. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  10. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  11. Committee report distributed
  12. Committee report sent to Calendars
  13. Considered in Calendars
  14. Placed on General State Calendar
  15. Read 2nd time
  16. Passed to engrossment
  17. Read 3rd time
  18. Passed
  19. Record vote RV#1990
  20. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  21. Reported engrossed
  22. Received from the House
FILED UNDER

Beats not yet reviewed.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 80 yea · 54 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 10, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Armando Walle

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$43KTexas REALTORS Political Action Committee$18KBorder Health PAC$10K

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 4, 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.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$42,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$42,500.00

Cash
$42,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$42,500.00

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 · Nov 19, 2024 to Sep 30, 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: 100985345, 101012323, 101027868, 101056902, 101071964.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$17,500.00

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$17,500.00

Cash
$17,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$17,500.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 25, 2024 to Sep 30, 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: 100985345, 101012323, 101056902, 101071964.

Border Health PAC$10,000.00

Border Health PAC

$10,000.00

Cash
$10,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$10,000.00

Also funds 17 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 28, 2024 to Aug 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 15, 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.

Report IDs: 101027868.

Money

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

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$42,500.00

Cash
$42,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$42,500.00

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 · Nov 19, 2024 to Sep 30, 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: 100985345, 101012323, 101027868, 101056902, 101071964.

×

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$17,500.00

Cash
$17,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$17,500.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 25, 2024 to Sep 30, 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: 100985345, 101012323, 101056902, 101071964.

×

Border Health PAC

$10,000.00

Cash
$10,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$10,000.00

Also funds 17 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 28, 2024 to Aug 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 15, 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.

Report IDs: 101027868.

Votes1

House May 10, 2025

Yea
80
Nay
54
Present, not voting
2
Absent
1
Excused
13
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 1990

HB 678 was passed by (Record 1990): 80 Yeas, 54 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 80 (published)
  • Nay: 54 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 2 (published)
  • Absent: 1 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 13 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses9
For
9
Against
0
On
0
Names

For

  • Every Texan1 registration
  • NAMI Texas1 registration
  • Self4 registrations
  • Self; Measure1 registration
  • Texas Council on Family Violence1 registration
  • United Ways of Texas1 registration
Sources

9 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 I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 31, 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 19, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R HB 2208

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

Introduced text

Last action, Mar 9, 2023: Referred to Higher Education

Relating to the inclusion of the National Sexual Assault Hotline on certain student identification cards issued by a public institution of higher education.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024

05/12/2025 S Received from the House

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report · Engrossed

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

Coauthors
Charlene Ward JohnsonDHouse 139

House committee · Higher Education · Committee vote 10 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual

Education--Higher--General

IDENTIFICATION CARDS

SEXUAL ASSAULT

Text

The text as introduced · 307 words

89R124 CXP-D

By: Walle
H.B. No. 678

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the inclusion of the National Sexual Assault Hotline on

certain student identification cards issued by a public institution

of higher education.

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

SECTION 1. The heading to Section 51.91941, Education Code,

is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 51.91941. SUICIDE PREVENTION AND SEXUAL ASSAULT

INFORMATION REQUIRED ON STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARD.

SECTION 2. Section 51.91941(b), Education Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(b) Each student identification card issued by an

institution of higher education:

(1) must have printed on the card the contact

information for:

(A) the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline;

[ and ]

(B) the Crisis Text Line; and

(C) the National Sexual Assault Hotline; and

(2) may have printed on the card the contact

information for:

(A) the campus police department or security for

the campus at which the student to whom the card is issued regularly

attends classes or, if the campus does not have a campus police

department or security, a local nonemergency police contact;

(B) the campus health clinic for the campus at

which the student to whom the card is issued regularly attends

classes or, if the campus does not have a health clinic, a local

health clinic; and

(C) a local suicide prevention hotline, if

available.

SECTION 3. Section 51.91941(b), Education Code, as amended

by this Act, applies only to a student identification card issued on

or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 4. 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.