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Texas HouseSB 646

Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans

Passed 70–63Crossed party lines

What it does: Raises caps on state loan-repayment assistance for mental health professionals, such as $160,000 to $180,000 for physicians; adds eligible professions, including school counselors; adds one-time $5,000 (needed-language fluency) and $10,000 (counties of 150,000 or fewer) amounts; counts public school service toward eligibility. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Passage to third reading (second reading)

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The tally

Yes 70 · No 63 · Not voting 3 · Present 2

Bar: green = yes, brown = no, striped = not voting.

Votes by party
PartyYesNoNot voting / present
Democrats5503
Republicans15630 / 2

Most Democrats voted yes; most Republicans voted no. 15 members voted against their party’s majority.

Voted against their party’s majority

The full roll (138)

Yes 70

No 63

Present 2

Not voting 3

“Not voting” is a recorded non-vote, not a reason for the absence. Parties come from public rosters; how we count.