H.B. No. 1252
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the limitation period for filing a complaint and
  requesting a special education impartial due process hearing.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  This Act may be cited as the Edgar Pacheco Jr.
  Act.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 29.0164 to read as follows:
         Sec. 29.0164.  LIMITATION PERIOD FOR FILING COMPLAINT AND
  REQUESTING SPECIAL EDUCATION DUE PROCESS HEARING. The commissioner
  or agency may not adopt or enforce a rule that establishes a shorter
  period for filing a due process complaint alleging a violation of
  state or federal special education laws and requesting an impartial
  due process hearing than the maximum timeline designated under 20
  U.S.C. Sections 1415(b)(6) and (f)(3).
         SECTION 3.  Section 29.0164, Education Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to a complaint filed and an impartial due
  process hearing requested on or after the effective date of this
  Act.  A complaint filed and an impartial due process hearing
  requested before the effective date of this Act are governed by the
  law in effect at the time the complaint was filed and the impartial
  due process hearing was requested, and the former law is continued
  in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the commissioner of education shall amend rules as
  necessary to comply with Section 29.0164, Education Code, as added
  by this Act.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2022.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1252 was passed by the House on May
  11, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 95, Nays 47, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1252 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 113, Nays 29,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1252 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 26, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 25, Nays
  6.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor