HB 610 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to a severance payment to a superintendent of a school district.

HB 610 limits severance payments to school superintendents in Texas school districts to no more than six months' salary and benefits. It requires school boards to report such payments to the state commissioner and mandates that any amount exceeding this cap reduces the district's state education funding. The law applies only to severance agreements entered into on or after its effective date (September 1, 2025), leaving pre-existing agreements unaffected. This bill directly affects school districts and superintendents by setting a clear financial boundary for termination payments and linking them to state funding.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Last action May 22, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Engrossed · 3 edits · May 7, 2025
MINOR
The bill was reformatted from an introduced version to an engrossed version, incorporating additional sponsors and updating formatting. The substantive policy content regarding superintendent severance payments, including the six-month salary cap, reporting requirements, and effective date of September 1, 2025, remains unchanged from the original introduced text.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to include boards of managers appointed under Chapter 39A, Education Code, in addition to independent school district boards of trustees.
ELIGIBILITY

Added boards of managers appointed under Chapter 39A, Education Code, to the entities subject to severance payment rules.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill header to reflect engrossed version status and added additional sponsors to the bill.

Changed formatting from introduced version to standard engrossed bill text format.

Floor votes · House May 7, 2025

How they voted

1441
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 146
May 7, 2025
D Democratic60
59 Yea 1 Nay
98% Yea
R Republican86
85 Yea 1
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
32
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Amendments
3
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Education K-16
upper
May 8, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 7, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 7, 2025
Amended
Amendment fails of adoption
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment as amended
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
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 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Public Education
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
5 primary · 8 co-sponsors

Sponsors