SB 762: School Flag Ban Covers Student Flags, With $500-A-Day Penalties

Caption

relating to the display of flags in public schools; providing a civil penalty.

Summary

The committee analysis says “neutral.” Twelve flags allowed. Any parent can flag a violation.

The bill bans Texas public elementary and secondary schools from displaying, or letting employees, volunteers or students display, any flag on school property except a list of twelve allowed flags, such as the U.S. and Texas flags, military, tribal, foreign-country, college and curriculum flags. It touches every public school, its staff and its students, and it lets any parent of an enrolled or eligible child send written notice of a violation. A school that does not tell the parent in writing within 10 business days what it did to fix the problem owes the state $500 a day, collected by the attorney general, starting January 1, 2026.

Labels

Labels: GOT HALFWAY. Passed the Senate on Apr 15, 2025. Died in the House: never got out of the Public Education committee.

Receipt

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89R-SB762 · 2025-01-10

SOLD BY

Sen. Donna CampbellRSenate 25

+ 1 coauthor

ITEM

relating to the display of flags in public schools; providing a civil penalty.

WHAT IT DOES

The committee analysis says “neutral.” Twelve flags allowed. Any parent can flag a violation.

The bill bans Texas public elementary and secondary schools from displaying, or letting employees, volunteers or students display, any flag on school property except a list of twelve allowed flags, such as the U.S. and Texas flags, military, tribal, foreign-country, college and curriculum flags. It touches every public school, its staff and its students, and it lets any parent of an enrolled or eligible child send written notice of a violation. A school that does not tell the parent in writing within 10 business days what it did to fix the problem owes the state $500 a day, collected by the attorney general, starting January 1, 2026.

CHARGES

[x] PITCH: SPEECH AND LAWFARE

ACTUALLY

…“or permit an employee, agent, volunteer, or student to display on”…

Bill text, Senate committee report version (S)

The bill limits which flags teachers, volunteers and students may show on school property, with a civil penalty enforced by the attorney general.

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version S · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version S · April 6, 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

Jan 10, 2025Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Jan 10, 2025Filed
Feb 7, 2025Read first time
Feb 7, 2025Referred to Education K-16
Apr 1, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Apr 1, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 1, 2025Testimony taken in committee
Apr 1, 2025Left pending in committee
Apr 3, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 3, 2025Vote taken in committee
Apr 7, 2025Reported favorably as substituted
Apr 7, 2025Committee report printed and distributed
Apr 9, 2025Placed on intent calendar
Apr 14, 2025Co-author authorized
Apr 14, 2025Rules suspended-Regular order of business
Apr 14, 2025Record vote
Apr 14, 2025Read 2nd time
Apr 14, 2025Amendment(s) offered FA1 Campbell
Apr 14, 2025Amended
Apr 14, 2025Record vote
Apr 14, 2025Passed to engrossment as amended
Apr 14, 2025Record vote
Apr 15, 2025Rules suspended-Regular order of business
Apr 15, 2025Record vote
Apr 15, 2025Read 3rd time
Apr 15, 2025Passed
Apr 15, 2025Record vote
Apr 15, 2025Statement(s) submitted
Apr 15, 2025Reported engrossed
Apr 16, 2025Received from the Senate
Apr 22, 2025Read first time
Apr 22, 2025Referred to Public Education

FILED UNDER

SPEECH AND LAWFARE

THE TEXT

…“or permit an employee, agent, volunteer, or student to display on”…

Bill text, Senate committee report version (S)

The bill limits which flags teachers, volunteers and students may show on school property, with a civil penalty enforced by the attorney general.

SIGNED FOR BY

Senate · 23 yea · 8 nay

Sources

Senate: Final passage · Apr 15, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Donna Campbell

Donors

Donors report through Friends of Donna Campbell.

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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

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Votes5

Senate Apr 15, 2025

Yea: 23
Nay: 8
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 23, Nays 8. (Same as previous roll call)

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

Yea: 23 (published)
Nay: 8 (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 Apr 15, 2025

Yea: 23
Nay: 8
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 762 at this time on its third reading and final passage: CSSB 762, Relating to the display of flags in public schools; providing a civil penalty. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 8.

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

Yea: 23 (published)
Nay: 8 (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 Apr 14, 2025

Yea: 23
Nay: 8
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 762 as amended was passed to engrossment by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 8. (Same as previous roll call)

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

Yea: 23 (published)
Nay: 8 (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 Apr 14, 2025

Yea: 23
Nay: 8
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 amendment to CSSB 762 was read and was adopted by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 8.

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

Yea: 23 (published)
Nay: 8 (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 Apr 14, 2025

Yea: 23
Nay: 8
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 762 at this time on its second reading: CSSB 762, Relating to the display of flags in public schools; providing a civil penalty. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 8.

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

Yea: 23 (published)
Nay: 8 (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.

Witnesses88

For: 13
Against: 73
On: 2

Names

For

Self4 registrations
Self; Eagle Forum Subject Expert1 registration
Self; Protecting texas children1 registration
Self; Texas Eagle Forum2 registrations
Self; Texas Family Project1 registration
Self; Texas Values1 registration
Self; Williamson County Republican Party1 registration
Texas Values2 registrations

Against

American Civil Liberties Union of Texas1 registration
New libert road cdc1 registration
Self64 registrations
Self; CommonSense Wellness Network, IPA, LLC1 registration
Self; Equality Texas2 registrations
Self; Texas AFL-CIO1 registration
Self; Texas AFT1 registration
Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists1 registration
Texas State Teachers Association1 registration

On

Self; SREC SD11 registration
TEA1 registration

Sources

88 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

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 S · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version S · April 6, 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

Adversarial review by claude-opus-5-5 at high effort: sent to the editor.

Analysis of text version S by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Jan 10, 2025

04/22/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Apr 22 2025 3:20PM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · Senate Committee Report · Engrossed

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Coauthors

Brandon CreightonRSenate 4

House committee · Public Education · Final status: Died in committee

Senate committee · Education K-16 · Committee vote 9 aye, 1 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools

Education--Primary & Secondary--Facilities

Education--Primary & Secondary--General

FLAGS

Text

The text as introduced · 516 words

89R842 PRL-F

By: Campbell
S.B. No. 762

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the display of flags in public schools.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Education Code, is amended by adding

Section 1.0031 to read as follows:

Sec. 1.0031. DISPLAY OF FLAGS. (a) In this section,

"display" means to exhibit or place an object anywhere students may

see the object.

(b) A public elementary or secondary school may not display

or permit an employee, agent, volunteer, or student to display on

school property any flag other than the following flags:

(1) the United States flag;

(2) the state flag;

(3) a flag that cannot be disturbed or altered due to

archeological or historical preservation as determined by the Texas

Historical Commission;

(4) the Prisoner of War or Missing in Action flag;

(5) a flag that represents an Indian tribe, as defined

by 25 U.S.C. Section 5304(e);

(6) a flag that represents a political subdivision;

(7) a flag that represents any unit, branch, or other

division of the armed forces of the United States, including a

Reserve Officers' Training Corps program;

(8) a flag that represents a foreign country or

political subdivision of that country;

(9) a flag that represents a college or university;

(10) a flag that is displayed temporarily as part of

the required curriculum under Section 28.002;

(11) the school's official flag; or

(12) the flag of an organization authorized to use a

school building, provided that the flag is only displayed during

the authorized time and at the authorized location specified for

the organization's use of school property.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, a parent or guardian of a

child who is enrolled, or eligible to enroll, in a school that

violates Subsection (b) and fails to provide notice of the remedy

implemented by the school within the period prescribed by

Subsection (e) may bring an action against the school to obtain an

injunction to comply with this section.

(d) Before bringing an action under Subsection (c), the

parent or guardian must provide written notice of the alleged

violation that is the basis for the action to the school and allow

the school 10 business days from receipt of the notice to remedy the

violation.

(e) Not later than the 10th business day after receiving a

written notice under Subsection (d), the school shall provide in

writing to the parent or guardian notice of the remedy the school

implemented.

SECTION 2. It is the intent of the legislature that every

provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word

in this Act, and every application of the provisions in this Act to

every person, group of persons, or circumstances, is severable from

each other. If any application of any provision in this Act to any

person, group of persons, or circumstances is found by a court to be

invalid for any reason, the remaining applications of that

provision to all other persons and circumstances shall be severed

and may not be affected.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.

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