2025 bills / H.B. 124
H.B. 124 Education Industry Employee Privacy (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill would bar school districts and other local education agencies from selling or transferring certain employee contact information without consent. It would also bar them from requiring staff to use certain technologies on personal devices, require accommodations when technology use is mandatory, and let employees file complaints with the State Board of Education, which could investigate and impose consequences.
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Official description
- enacts restrictions on a local education agency (LEA) selling or transferring certain contact information without consent
- prohibits requiring use of certain technologies on personal devices
- requires an LEA to provide accommodations for mandatory technology use under certain circumstances
- allows an employee to file written complaints with the State Board of Education about violations
- permits the State Board of Education to investigate complaints
- allows for consequences for violations
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Every vote
- 11 yes, 0 no, 5 absentHouse Education Committee: vote to change the bill · Jan 23, 2025Who voted how
- 12 yes, 0 no, 4 absentHouse Education Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Jan 23, 2025Who voted how
- 12 yes, 0 no, 4 absentHouse Education Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 23, 2025Who voted how
- 69 yes, 1 no, 5 absentFinal House vote · Jan 31, 2025Who voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Education Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Feb 7, 2025Who voted how
- 3 yes, 1 no, 3 absentSenate Education Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 7, 2025Who voted how
- 18 yes, 4 no, 7 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 13, 2025Who voted how
- 16 yes, 5 no, 8 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 14, 2025Who voted how
- 62 yes, 10 no, 3 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Feb 19, 2025Who voted how