Texas · House Bill 159 · 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session

Relating to the use of interim testing and adaptive, growth-based assessment instruments for certain required assessments of public school students…

HB 159 Sponsored by Matt Shaheen Died in committee

  1. Introduced Aug 15, 2025
  2. In committee Aug 20, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Relating to the use of interim testing and adaptive, growth-based assessment instruments for certain required assessments of public school students and prohibiting the use of the results of certain required assessments of public school students for certain purposes.

Every action

3 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. HouseRead first time
  3. CommitteeReferred to Public Education · House Public Education

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Texas's official records (ftp.legis.state.tx.us), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.