THE POLICY LANDSCAPE
Rights, restrictions & the places between.
TX SB689 (2025)
Relating to employment practices regarding diversity and prohibiting the implementation of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives by certain governmental entities.
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Session
- 89th Legislature Regular Session
- Stage reported
- Passed one chamber Session adjourned
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Committee report sent to Calendars
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
DEI Ban
Links
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text (Dec 20, 2024)(opens another site)
- Comm Sub text (Mar 24, 2025)(opens another site)
- Engrossed text (Apr 3, 2025)(opens another site)
- Comm Sub text (May 19, 2025)(opens another site)
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Received by the Secretary of the Senate | |
| Senate | Filed | |
| Senate | Read first time | |
| Senate | Referred to State Affairs | |
| Senate | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . | |
| Senate | Considered in public hearing | |
| Senate | Testimony taken in committee | |
| Senate | Left pending in committee | |
| Senate | Co-author authorized | |
| Senate | Considered in public hearing | |
| Senate | Left pending in committee | |
| Senate | Co-author authorized | |
| Senate | Considered in public hearing | |
| Senate | Vote taken in committee | |
| Senate | Reported favorably as substituted | |
| Senate | Committee report printed and distributed | |
| Senate | Placed on intent calendar | |
| Senate | Co-author authorized | |
| Senate | Rules suspended-Regular order of business | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Read 2nd time | |
| Senate | Amendment(s) offered FA1 Creighton | |
| Senate | Amended | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Amendment(s) offered FA2 Miles | |
| Senate | Amendment fails of adoption | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Amendment(s) offered FA3 West | |
| Senate | Amendment fails of adoption | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Passed to engrossment as amended | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Rules suspended-Regular order of business | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Read 3rd time | |
| Senate | Passed | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Reported engrossed | |
| House | Received from the Senate | |
| House | Read first time | |
| House | Referred to State Affairs | |
| House | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . | |
| House | Considered in public hearing | |
| House | Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee | |
| House | Left pending in committee | |
| House | Considered in formal meeting | |
| House | Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) | |
| House | Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator | |
| House | Committee report distributed | |
| House | Committee report sent to Calendars |
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