Monitoring the Session

SB 24

bill adding communist regimes to social studies standards

Became law

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Sen. Donna CampbellRSenate 25

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 the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes and ideologies in the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for public school students.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Every grade, kindergarten through 12th.

The bill orders the State Board of Education to add lessons on communist regimes and ideologies to the social studies standards for every grade from kindergarten through 12th grade. It lists required topics, including specific atrocities, comparisons with American founding principles, and first-person accounts from victims, and it tells the board to seek input from victims and from organizations that commemorate them. The board must revise the standards by June 1, 2026, and the new instruction applies starting in the 2026-2027 school year.

Labels

Labels: INSTANT LAW. Took effect immediately, on Jun 20, 2025. 833 of the 1,185 graded 89R laws took effect Sep 1, 2025 (derived from the bill histories, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB24 · 2025-03-05

SOLD BY

Sen. Donna CampbellRSenate 25 Sen. Paul BettencourtRSenate 7 Sen. Brandon CreightonRSenate 4

+ 12 more authors, 3 coauthors

ITEM

relating to the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes and ideologies in the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for public school students.

WHAT IT DOES

Every grade, kindergarten through 12th.

The bill orders the State Board of Education to add lessons on communist regimes and ideologies to the social studies standards for every grade from kindergarten through 12th grade. It lists required topics, including specific atrocities, comparisons with American founding principles, and first-person accounts from victims, and it tells the board to seek input from victims and from organizations that commemorate them. The board must revise the standards by June 1, 2026, and the new instruction applies starting in the 2026-2027 school year.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version E · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version E · April 24, 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. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
  3. Read first time
  4. Referred to Education K-16
  5. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  6. Considered in public hearing
  7. Testimony taken in committee
  8. Left pending in committee
  9. Considered in public hearing
  10. Vote taken in committee
  11. Reported favorably as substituted
  12. Committee report printed and distributed
  13. Co-author authorized
  14. Placed on intent calendar
  15. Co-author authorized
  16. Not again placed on intent calendar
  17. Placed on intent calendar
  18. Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  19. Record vote
  20. Read 2nd time
  21. Amendment(s) offered FA1 Eckhardt
  22. Amendment fails of adoption
  23. Record vote
  24. Passed to engrossment
  25. Record vote
  26. Three day rule suspended
  27. Record vote
  28. Read 3rd time
  29. Passed
  30. Record vote
  31. Reported engrossed
  32. Received from the Senate
  33. Read first time
  34. Referred to Public Education
  35. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  36. Considered in public hearing
  37. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  38. Left pending in committee
  39. Considered in formal meeting
  40. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  41. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  42. Committee report distributed
  43. Committee report sent to Calendars
  44. Considered in Calendars
  45. Placed on General State Calendar
  46. Read 2nd time
  47. Amendment tabled 1-Goodwin
  48. Record vote RV#3179
  49. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  50. Amendment tabled 2-Hinojosa
  51. Record vote RV#3180
  52. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  53. Amendment tabled 3-Wu
  54. Record vote RV#3181
  55. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  56. Amendment tabled 4-Rosenthal
  57. Record vote RV#3182
  58. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  59. Passed to 3rd reading
  60. Record vote RV#3183
  61. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  62. Read 3rd time
  63. Rules suspended
  64. Additional sponsor(s) authorized
  65. Passed
  66. Record vote RV#3209
  67. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  68. House passage reported
  69. Reported enrolled
  70. Signed in the Senate
  71. Signed in the House
  72. Sent to the Governor
  73. Signed by the Governor
  74. Effective immediately
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 119 yea · 13 nay

Senate · 28 yea · 3 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 22, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate: Final passage · Mar 26, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Donna Campbell

Donors

Donors report through Friends of Donna Campbell.

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 · Oct 27, 2024 to Jun 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.

Money

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

Votes11

House May 22, 2025

Yea
119
Nay
13
Present, not voting
5
Absent
4
Excused
9
Names

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

House journal

Sources

Record 3209

SB 24 was passed by (Record 3209): 119 Yeas, 13 Nays, 5 Present, not voting.

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

  • Yea: 119 (published)
  • Nay: 13 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 5 (published)
  • Absent: 4 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 9 (derived from named list)

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

House May 21, 2025

Yea
112
Nay
20
Present, not voting
6
Absent
10
Excused
2
Names

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

House journal

Sources

Record 3183

SB 24 was passed to third reading by (Record 3183): 112 Yeas, 20 Nays, 6 Present, not voting.

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

  • Yea: 112 (published)
  • Nay: 20 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 6 (published)
  • Absent: 10 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 2 (derived from named list)

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

House May 21, 2025

Yea
87
Nay
55
Present, not voting
2
Absent
4
Excused
2
Names

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

House journal

Sources

Record 3182

Representative Leach moved to table Amendment No. 4. The motion to table prevailed by (Record 3182): 87 Yeas, 55 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

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

  • Yea: 87 (published)
  • Nay: 55 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 2 (published)
  • Absent: 4 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 2 (derived from named list)

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

House May 21, 2025

Yea
86
Nay
57
Present, not voting
2
Absent
3
Excused
2
Names

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

House journal

Sources

Record 3181

Representative Leach moved to table Amendment No. 3. The motion to table prevailed by (Record 3181): 86 Yeas, 57 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

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

  • Yea: 86 (published)
  • Nay: 57 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 2 (published)
  • Absent: 3 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 2 (derived from named list)

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

House May 21, 2025

Yea
85
Nay
56
Present, not voting
2
Absent
5
Excused
2
Names

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

House journal

Sources

Record 3180

Representative Leach moved to table Amendment No. 2. The motion to table prevailed by (Record 3180): 85 Yeas, 56 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

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

  • Yea: 85 (published)
  • Nay: 56 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 2 (published)
  • Absent: 5 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 2 (derived from named list)

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

House May 21, 2025

Yea
88
Nay
50
Present, not voting
2
Absent
8
Excused
2
Names

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

House journal

Sources

Record 3179

Representative Leach moved to table Amendment No. 1. The motion to table prevailed by (Record 3179): 88 Yeas, 50 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

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

  • Yea: 88 (published)
  • Nay: 50 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 2 (published)
  • Absent: 8 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 2 (derived from named list)

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

Senate Mar 26, 2025

Yea
28
Nay
3
Present, not voting
Not printed
Absent
0
Excused
0
Names

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

Senate journal

Sources

The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. (Same as previous roll call)

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

  • Yea: 28 (published)
  • Nay: 3 (published)
  • Present, not voting: Not printed
  • Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

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

Senate Mar 26, 2025

Yea
28
Nay
3
Present, not voting
Not printed
Absent
0
Excused
0
Names

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

Senate journal

Sources

Senator Campbell moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 24 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.

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

  • Yea: 28 (published)
  • Nay: 3 (published)
  • Present, not voting: Not printed
  • Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

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

Senate Mar 26, 2025

Yea
28
Nay
3
Present, not voting
Not printed
Absent
0
Excused
0
Names

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

Senate journal

Sources

CSSB 24 was passed to engrossment by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.

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

  • Yea: 28 (published)
  • Nay: 3 (published)
  • Present, not voting: Not printed
  • Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

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

Senate Mar 26, 2025

Yea
9
Nay
18
Present, not voting
Not printed
Absent
4
Excused
0
Names

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

Senate journal

Sources

The amendment to CSSB 24 was read and failed of adoption by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 18.

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

  • Yea: 9 (published)
  • Nay: 18 (published)
  • Present, not voting: Not printed
  • Absent: 4 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

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

Senate Mar 26, 2025

Yea
28
Nay
3
Present, not voting
Not printed
Absent
0
Excused
0
Names

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

Senate journal

Sources

Senator Campbell moved to suspend the regular order of business to take up for consideration CSSB 24 at this time on its second reading: CSSB 24, Relating to the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes and ideologies in the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for certain public school students. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.

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

  • Yea: 28 (published)
  • Nay: 3 (published)
  • Present, not voting: Not printed
  • Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

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

Witnesses79
For
14
Against
61
On
4
Names

For

  • Self7 registrations
  • Self; Texas Eagle Forum2 registrations
  • Self; Texas Family Project1 registration
  • Self; True Texas Project1 registration
  • Self; True texas project2 registrations
  • State Armor1 registration

Against

  • American Civil Liberties Union of Texas1 registration
  • Asian Texans for Justice1 registration
  • Self55 registrations
  • Self; Grandparents for Public Schools1 registration
  • Self; Texas Freedom Network2 registrations
  • Texas Civil Rights Project1 registration

On

  • Self1 registration
  • TEA1 registration
  • Texas Education Agency2 registrations
Sources

79 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.

Senate witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version E · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version E · April 24, 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 Senate · Filed Mar 5, 2025

06/20/2025 E Effective immediately

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · Senate Committee Report · Engrossed · House Committee Report · Enrolled

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

Coauthors
César BlancoDSenate 29 Phil KingRSenate 10 Kevin SparksRSenate 31
Sponsors
Jeff LeachRHouse 67 Tom OliversonRHouse 130 Will MetcalfRHouse 16 Cole HefnerRHouse 5 Stan KitzmanRHouse 85
Cosponsors
Brad BuckleyRHouse 54 Cody HarrisRHouse 8 Mihaela PlesaDHouse 70 Hubert VoDHouse 149

House committee · Public Education · Committee vote 10 aye, 4 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Senate committee · Education K-16 · Committee vote 10 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum

EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF

Text

The text as introduced · 567 words

89R14928 CMO-D

By: Campbell, et al.
S.B. No. 24

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes

and ideologies in the essential knowledge and skills for the social

studies curriculum for public school students.

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

SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by

adding Subsections (h-11) and (h-12) to read as follows:

(h-11) In adopting the essential knowledge and skills for

the social studies curriculum for each grade level from

kindergarten through grade 12, the State Board of Education shall,

as appropriate, adopt essential knowledge and skills that develop

each student's understanding of communist regimes and ideologies

and include age appropriate and developmentally appropriate

instruction with information on:

(1) the history of and tactics used by communist

movements in the United States;

(2) historical events and atrocities attributable to

communist regimes, including:

(A) the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap

Forward;

(B) the Holodomor, otherwise known as the

Ukrainian Famine;

(C) the Soviet-era political purge known as the

Great Terror;

(D) the Cambodian genocide under Pol Pot and the

Khmer Rouge;

(E) the origins and policies of the Communist

Party of Cuba;

(F) communist guerrilla movements in Latin

America; and

(G) the oppression and suffering experienced by

people living under communist regimes, including mass murder,

violent land seizures, show trials, concentration camps, forced

labor, poverty, and general economic deterioration;

(3) a comparative analysis of:

(A) the ideologies of communism and

totalitarianism contrasted with the United States' founding

principles of freedom and democracy; and

(B) collectivist ideologies contrasted with the

United States' founding principles of individual rights,

merit-based advancement, and free enterprise;

(4) modern threats to the United States and its allies

posed by communist regimes and ideologies;

(5) common economic, industrial, and political events

that historically precede communist revolutions;

(6) the evolution of communist ideologies from

economic, class-based theories into broader cultural movements

that divide societies and maintain collective control over

individual rights;

(7) common historical and modern methods used to

spread communist ideologies, including:

(A) propaganda;

(B) public shaming tactics;

(C) censorship; and

(D) forced conformity; and

(8) first-person accounts, in the form of in-person,

video-recorded, or written testimony, from the victims of communist

regimes.

(h-12) In adopting the essential knowledge and skills

required under Subsection (h-11), the State Board of Education:

(1) shall adopt and publish standards for the required

instruction;

(2) shall seek input from:

(A) victims of communism willing to share their

first-person accounts; and

(B) nationally recognized organizations

dedicated to commemorating victims of communism; and

(3) may incorporate material from existing

educational programs that provide instruction on the topic of

communist regimes and ideologies, if the material meets the

standards adopted by the State Board of Education under Subdivision

(1).

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

school year.

SECTION 3. Not later than June 1, 2026, the State Board of

Education shall review and revise, as needed, the essential

knowledge and skills of the social studies curriculum as required

by Section 28.002(h-11), Education Code, as added by 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.