SB 2058 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to publication by the Texas Board of Nursing and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board of certain nursing education data.

SB 2058 requires the Texas Board of Nursing and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to post a prominent link on their websites to the most recent nursing education reports from the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies. The bill mandates this publication to make existing nursing education data more accessible to the public. It applies directly to these two state boards and takes effect December 31, 2025. The bill focuses solely on the method of data dissemination, not on altering nursing education standards or data collection processes.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action May 27, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Engrossed · 3 edits · May 12, 2025

MINOR

The bill was amended to change the section numbers and reporting requirements for nursing program clinical site data. The original version required publishing clinical site information and listing facilities, while the engrossed version now requires posting a link to nursing education reports on the board's website instead. The effective date was also changed from September 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.

Scope change

The bill's scope shifted from requiring direct publication of clinical site data and facility lists to requiring a website link to reports produced by the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies.

REQUIREMENT

Changed reporting requirement from publishing clinical site data directly to posting a website link to nursing education reports

TIMELINE

Changed effective date from September 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025

TECHNICAL

Updated section numbers in the Education Code from 61.066 to 61.09013 and in the Occupations Code from 301.169 to 301.1585

Floor votes

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

May 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report sent to Calendars

lower

May 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

May 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

lower

May 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to Higher Education

lower

May 14, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

lower

May 12, 2025

Introduced

Received from the Senate

lower

May 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed

upper

May 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee report printed and distributed

upper

May 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

upper

May 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

Vote taken in committee

upper

Apr 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

Left pending in committee

upper

Apr 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

Testimony taken in committee

upper

Apr 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Education K-16

upper

Apr 7, 2025

Committee

Rereferred to committee

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors