Monitoring the SessionHB 133
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Editor's call: No flags. On Nov 10, 2026 the editor checked this charge against the bill text and cleared this bill.
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relating to a notification requirement if certain public schools do not have a nurse assigned to the school during all instructional hours.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Or a website post, within three clicks of the home page.
The bill requires a Texas public school campus that goes more than 30 straight instructional days without a full-time nurse, or two or more nurses covering all regular class hours, to notify parents. The principal must send the notice within 30 instructional days, make a good faith effort to provide it in a parent's primary language, and keep a copy, though the campus may instead post it on its website within three clicks of the home page. Parents at campuses without steady nurse coverage would learn about the gap starting in the 2027-2028 school year.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 1281 (Died in committee) and 89R HB 692 (Died in committee). Checked against 88R and 89R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 1281 (Died in committee) and 89R HB 692 (Died in committee). Filed in 3 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R and 89R only.TRY NO. 3. Filed in 3 sessions: 88R, 89R and 90R. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
90R-HB133 · 2026-11-09
relating to a notification requirement if certain public schools do not have a nurse assigned to the school during all instructional hours.
Or a website post, within three clicks of the home page.
The bill requires a Texas public school campus that goes more than 30 straight instructional days without a full-time nurse, or two or more nurses covering all regular class hours, to notify parents. The principal must send the notice within 30 instructional days, make a good faith effort to provide it in a parent's primary language, and keep a copy, though the campus may instead post it on its website within three clicks of the home page. Parents at campuses without steady nurse coverage would learn about the gap starting in the 2027-2028 school year.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
THE HOLE · analysis confidence 40%
THE TEXT
“A school district campus may satisfy the notice requirement under Subsection (d) by posting the notice on the campus's Internet website.”
Bill text, introduced version (I)
Subsection (b) promises written notice to each student's parent, but this clause lets a campus meet the duty with a website post that parents may never see. That weakens the notice in the main case, though a real duty to disclose remains.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Oct 28, 2024 to Oct 12, 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.
$9,000.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
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Report IDs: 100986920, 101030360, 101059410.
$7,000.00
Also funds 2 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Dec 11, 2024 to Jun 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
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Derived itemized flow · on Dec 11, 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: 100986920.
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$9,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 1, 2024 to Apr 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: 100986920, 101030360, 101059410.
$7,000.00
Also funds 2 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Dec 11, 2024 to Jun 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
Derived itemized flow · on Dec 11, 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: 100986920.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
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Analysis of text version I by a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 3 times: 88R, 89R and now. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
by Rep. Jolanda Jones, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, May 2, 2023: Left pending in committee
Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse assigned to the school during all instructional hours.
Caption, 88R bill history
by Rep. Jolanda Jones, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Mar 4, 2025: Referred to Public Education
Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse assigned to the school during all instructional hours.
Caption, 89R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 9, 2026
11/09/2026 H Filed
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 8:11 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel
NURSES & NURSE AIDES
PARENTAL NOTIFICATION
The text as introduced · 410 words
By: Jones of Harris H.B. No. 133 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a notification requirement if certain public schools do not have a nurse assigned to the school during all instructional hours. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 38.020 to read as follows: Sec. 38.020. PARENTAL NOTIFICATION CONCERNING NURSES. (a) In this section, "nurse" means a person licensed under Chapter 301, Occupations Code. (b) A school district campus that does not have a full-time nurse or the equivalent of a full-time nurse assigned to be present at the campus for more than 30 consecutive instructional days during the same school year shall provide written notice of the absence to the parent of or other person standing in parental relation to each student enrolled at the campus. (c) A school district campus has the equivalent of a full-time nurse under Subsection (b) if the campus has two or more nurses assigned to the campus and all regular student instructional hours at the campus during the regular school day are covered by the assignment of at least one nurse. (d) The principal of the school district campus shall provide the notice required by Subsection (b) not later than the 30th instructional day after the first day the campus does not have a full-time nurse or the equivalent of a full-time nurse assigned to be present at the campus. (e) A school district campus shall: (1) make a good faith effort to ensure that the notice required by this section is provided in a bilingual form to any parent or other person standing in parental relation whose primary language is not English; and (2) retain a copy of any notice provided under this section. (f) A school district campus may satisfy the notice requirement under Subsection (d) by posting the notice on the campus's Internet website. Notice posted under this subsection must be accessible from the home page of the Internet website by use of not more than three links. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2027-2028 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, 2027.