HB 27 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to courses in personal financial literacy for high school students in public schools.

HB 27 requires all Texas public high school students to complete at least one-half credit in personal financial literacy as part of their social studies graduation requirements under Education Code Section 28.025(b-1)(4). The bill directs the State Board of Education to develop a list of free, open-source curricula for these courses and allows Advanced Placement courses meeting specific standards to count toward the requirement. This policy change affects all public high school students in Texas, mandating practical financial education alongside traditional subjects like history and government. The law, signed by the Governor on June 20, 2025, is now effective immediately for all public school districts.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Mar 3, 2025 Signed Jun 20, 2025

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What changed between versions

Engrossed → Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 20, 2025

MINOR

The bill was finalized as an enrolled version with minor formatting cleanup and a critical change to the effective date. The most significant substantive change is that the new personal financial literacy requirements now apply to students entering ninth grade during the 2026-2027 school year or later, instead of 2025-2026. This gives schools and districts an additional year to prepare for implementing the new curriculum requirements.

Scope change

The bill's applicability was extended by one year, delaying the implementation of new financial literacy course requirements to the 2026-2027 school year for new ninth-grade students.

TIMELINE

The effective date for new students was changed from the 2025-2026 school year to the 2026-2027 school year, providing an additional year for preparation.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and spacing changes were made throughout the document to standardize the enrolled version format.

Added certification statements confirming the bill was passed by both the House and Senate with specific vote counts and dates.

Floor votes · House Apr 24, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 20, 2025

Signed into law

Signed by the Governor

executive

Jun 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed in the Senate

upper

May 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed in the House

lower

May 29, 2025

Introduced

House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

upper

May 29, 2025

Introduced

Text of Senate Amendment(s)

lower

May 29, 2025

Introduced

House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

lower

May 28, 2025

Introduced

Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

lower

May 28, 2025

Introduced

Senate Amendments distributed

lower

May 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate passage as amended reported

lower

May 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed

upper

May 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed to 3rd reading as amended

upper

May 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Amended

upper

May 27, 2025

Introduced

Amendment(s) offered

upper

May 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee report printed and distributed

upper

May 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably w/o amendments

upper

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Vote taken in committee

upper

May 16, 2025

Committee

Referred to Education K-16

upper

May 16, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

upper

Apr 24, 2025

Introduced

Received from the House

upper

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Apr 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed to engrossment

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report sent to Calendars

lower

Apr 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Left pending in committee

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

lower

Mar 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to Public Education

lower

Mar 3, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

lower

2 primary · 40 co-sponsors