HB 1586 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to an exemption from required immunizations for school enrollment.

HB 1586 creates a standardized affidavit form for parents or guardians seeking immunization exemptions for school enrollment. The form must include a statement explaining the benefits and risks of both immunizations and not being immunized. The health department must provide this form online or by mail without collecting personal information, and can only track how many times the form is accessed (not who uses it). This change applies starting the 2025-2026 school year.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Mar 12, 2025 Signed Jun 20, 2025

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What changed between versions

Engrossed → Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 20, 2025

MINOR

The bill text was converted from a draft version to the final enrolled version, with minor formatting cleanup and the addition of a note about digital accessibility updates. The substantive legislative content regarding immunization exemptions remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Removed draft annotations and formatting markers (AA, line numbers, bracketed text) to produce the final clean version of the bill.

Added a note indicating the digital content has been updated to meet WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards.

Included certification signatures and voting records from the House and Senate, along with the Governor's approval, which are standard for enrolled bills.

Floor votes · Senate May 25, 2025 · House May 13, 2025

How they voted

24–6

Passed

Total votes 30

May 25, 2025

D Democratic10

4 Yea 6 Nay

60% Nay

R Republican20

20 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 20, 2025

Signed into law

Signed by the Governor

executive

May 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed in the Senate

upper

May 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed in the House

lower

May 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate passage reported

lower

May 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed

upper

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee report printed and distributed

upper

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably w/o amendments

upper

May 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Vote taken in committee

upper

May 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

Left pending in committee

upper

May 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

Testimony taken in committee

upper

May 19, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services

upper

May 19, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

upper

May 14, 2025

Introduced

Received from the House

upper

May 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

May 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed to engrossment

lower

May 13, 2025

Amended

Amendment fails of adoption

lower

May 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report sent to Calendars

lower

May 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

May 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

lower

Apr 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Left pending in committee

lower

Apr 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Committee

Referred to Public Health

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

lower

6 primary · 55 co-sponsors