88th Legislature: House and Senate Bills Relating to Higher Education in Texas
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Texas Comission on Community College Finance Report to the 88th Legistlature
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain real property leased to and used by certain educational organizations.
| Bill # | Author | Description | Filed Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 116 | Canales | Relating to a distance learning program at The University of Texas at Austin School of Law. | 11/14/2022 |
| HB 131 | Murr | Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to visit a professional's workplace for a career investigation day. | 11/14/2022 |
| HB 334 | Johnson, Jarvis | Relating to contracts to provide appropriate residential housing to students in extended foster care who enroll at public institutions of higher education. | 11/14/2022 |
| SB 200 | Eckhardt | Relating to the period for which an applicant for admission as an undergraduate student to a public institution of higher education is entitled to an academic fresh start. | 11/14/2022 |
| HB 621 | Shaheen | Relating to creating a temporary educator certification for certain military service members. | 11/14/2022 |
| SB 37 | Zaffirini | Relating to the criminal offense of hazing. | 11/14/2022 |
| HB 74 | Bernal | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Teacher Recruitment Scholarship Program and the Texas Teacher Retention Incentive Program. | 11/14/2022 |
| HB 104 | Klick | Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain nurses employed by a long-term care facility. | 11/14/2022 |
| HB 157 | Ortega | Relating to the establishment of a public law school in El Paso County. |
11/14/2022 |
| HB 306 | Bernal | Relating to student access to certain academic records; authorizing a fee. |
11/14/2022 |
| HB 320 | Johnson, Jarvis | Relating to measures to assist students enrolled at public institutions of higher education who are homeless or who are or were in foster care. |
11/14/2022 |
| HB 334 | Johnson, Jarvis | Relating to contracts to provide appropriate residential housing to students in extended foster care who enroll at public institutions of higher education. |
11/14/2022 |
| HB 644 | Hinojosa | Relating to the designation of polling place locations on the campuses of certain general academic teaching institutions. |
11/14/2022 |
| SB 36 | Zaffirini | Relating to the establishment and operation of the Texas B-On-time student loan program; authorizing a fee. |
11/14/2022 |
| SB 55 | Zaffirini | Relating to a study and report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding best practices for assisting students with autism spectrum disorder. |
11/14/2022 |
| SB 118 | Menéndez | Johnson | Relating to the designation of polling place locations on the campuses of certain institutions of higher education. |
11/14/2022 |
| SB 174 | Blanco | Relating to the establishment of a public law school in El Paso County. |
11/14/2022 |
| SB 205 | Eckhardt | Relating to the carrying of handguns on the campuses of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education. |
11/14/2022 |
| HB 547 | Cain | Relating to tuition and fee bills or billing statements provided to students by public institutions of higher education. |
11/14/2022 |
| SB 35 | Zaffirini | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Promise Grant Program for certain students at two-year public institutions of higher education. |
11/14/2022 |
| HB 68 | Talarico | Relating to free tuition for youth in foster care. |
11/14/2022 |
| HB 104 | Klick | Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain nurses employed by a long-term care facility. |
11/14/2022 |
| SB 34 | Zaffirini | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Promise Grant Program for certain students at public institutions of higher education. |
11/14/2022 |
| HB 164 | Canales | Relating to exempting textbooks purchased, used, or consumed by university and college students from sales and use taxes for limited periods. |
11/14/2022 |
| HB 38 | Murr | Relating to the elimination of certain property taxes for school district maintenance and operations and the provision of public education funding by increasing the rates of certain state taxes. |
11/14/2022 |
| HB 584 | Capriglione | Relating to the development of a state information technology credential offered by public junior colleges to address shortages in the state information resources workforce. |
11/14/2022 |
| HB 313 | Bernal | Relating to the compensatory education allotment for homeless students or students in foster care under the Foundation School Program. |
11/14/2022 |
| HB 354 | Bucy | Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting. |
11/14/2022 |
| HJR 24 | Lopez, Ray | Proposing a constitutional amendment to require the legislature to appropriate funds to state institutions of higher education to fund certain education programs for veterans |
11/14/2022 |
| HB 306 | Bernal | Relating to student access to certain academic records; authorizing a fee. |
11/14/2022 |
| HB 547 | Cain | Relating to tuition and fee bills or billing statements provided to students by public institutions of higher education. |
11/14/2022 |
| HB 683 | Cole | Relating to the exemption of tuition and laboratory fees at public institutions of higher education for certain paramedics. |
11/15/2022 |
| HB 75 | Zwiener | Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting. |
11/14/2022 |
| HB 567 | Bowers | Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race. |
11/14/2022 |
| HB 742 | Goodwin | Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain county jailers and law enforcement telecommunicators. |
11/16/2022 |
| HB 750 | Dean | Relating to the disposition by a public junior college library of certain library materials. |
11/17/2022 |
| SB 244 | Kolkhorst | Blanco | Campbell | Hall | Perry | Relating to support for nursing-related postsecondary education including the provision of loan repayment assistance to nursing faculty and the provision of grants to nursing education programs. |
11/21/2022 |
| HB 859 | Slaton | Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education. |
12/01/2022 |
| HB 845 | Patterson |
Relating to prohibiting a public institution of higher education from providing financial support to nonprofit media organizations. |
12/01/2022 |
| SB 257 | Eckhardt | Relating to the reduction of methane gas flaring on land dedicated to the permanent university fund. |
12/01/2022 |
| HB 875 | Harrison | Relating to a campus of the Texas State Technical College System located in Ellis County. |
12/02/2022 |
| HB 877 | Meza | Relating to a study by the Legislative Budget Board concerning the long-term effects of regulating tuition rates and amounts charged by public institutions of higher education. |
12/05/202 |
| HB 878 | Gervin-Hawkins | Relating to a single common course numbering system for and the transfer of course credit among public institutions of higher education in this state. |
12/05/2022 |
| HB 881 | Metcalf | Relating to the eligibility of Sam Houston State University to receive formula funding for the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. |
12/06/2022 |
| HB 901 | Klick | Relating to support for nursing-related postsecondary education including the provision of loan repayment assistance to nursing faculty and the provision of grants to nursing education programs. | 12/07/2022 |
| HB 901 | Klick | Relating to support for nursing-related postsecondary education including the provision of loan repayment assistance to nursing faculty and the provision of grants to nursing education programs. | 12/07/2022 |
| HB 920 | Klick | Relating to the use of medication designated for treatment of respiratory distress on public and private school campuses. | 12/08/2022 |
| HB 906 | Moody |
Relating to the provision of information regarding mental health and suicide prevention services to entering students at public institutions of higher education. |
12/08/2022 |
| HB 1006 | Tepper |
Relating to protected expression, intellectual freedom, and viewpoint diversity at public institutions of higher education. |
12/13/2022 |
| HB 900 | Howard | Relating to the task force on racial diversity in the nursing workforce | 12/13/2022 |
| HB 989 | Howard | Relating to the establishment of a higher education plan for human papillomavirus education and prevention. | 12/13/2022 |
| SB 278 | Eckhardt | Relating to exempting textbooks purchased, used, or consumed by university and college students from sales and use taxes for limited periods. | 12/13/2022 |
| SB 286 | Zaffirni | Relating to conditions on the continued receipt of tuition and fee benefits at public institutions of higher education for senior citizens. | 12/15/2022 |
| SB 294 | Johnson | Relating to the use of medication designated for treatment of respiratory distress on public and private school campuses. | 12/16/2022 |
| HB 1046 | Tepper | Relating to prohibiting the use of political tests by public institutions of higher education. | 12/19/2022 |
| SB 231 | Perry | Relating to the production and regulation of hemp; providing administrative penalties; creating a criminal offense. | 12/19/2022 |
| HJR 67 | Lopez, Ray | Proposing a constitutional amendment to require the legislature to appropriate funds to state institutions of higher education to fund certain education benefits provided to veterans and family members of veterans. | 12/21/2022 |
| HB 1077 | Martinez | Relating to the establishment of a public law school in the Rio Grande Valley. | 12/21/2022 |
| HB 1032 | Noble | Relating to prohibited vaccination status discrimination and requirements for COVID-19 vaccines. | 12/192022 |
| HB 1044 | Hinojosa | Relating to the issuance of a transcript by a postsecondary educational institution to a student who is in default on certain student loans. | 12/19/2022 |
| SB 304 | Hall | Relating to prohibited immunization status discrimination and vaccine mandates; authorizing administrative penalties. | 12/19/2022 |
| SB 308 | Hall | Relating to prohibited vaccination status discrimination and requirements for COVID-19 vaccines; authorizing administrative penalties. |
12/19/2022 |
| HB 1053 | Rosenthal | Relating to measures to facilitate the successful completion of degree and certificate programs by certain adult learners at public institutions of higher education. | 12/19/2022 |
| HB 1114 | Kacal | Relating to the service area of the Blinn Junior College District. | 12/27/2022 |
| SB 336 | Zaffirini | Relating to compliance programs at public institutions of higher education. | 12/28/2022 |
| HB 1117 | Leo-Wilson | Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education. | 12/28/2022 |
| SB 67 | Zaffirini | Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to visit a professional's workplace for a career investigation day. | 11/14/2022 |
| HB 1142 | Thierry | Relating to measures to assist students enrolled at public institutions of higher education who are homeless or who are or were in foster care. | 12/29/2022 |
| HB 1165 | Thierry | Relating to medical education coursework in cultural competence and implicit bias. | 01/03/2023 |
| HB 1192 | Turner | Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. | 01/05/2023 |
| HB 1183 | Harrison | Relating to requiring coursework in economics for an associate or baccalaureate degree program at a public institution of higher education. | 01/05/2023 |
| HB 1184 | Rose | Relating to access to criminal history record information for use in certain research or statistical projects. | 01/05/2023 |
| SJR 26 | Perry | Proposing a constitutional amendment to entitle all component institutions of The Texas A&M University System and The University of Texas System to participate in the income and other benefits of the permanent university fund. | 01/06/2023 |
| SB 364 | Kolkhorst | Relating to the service area of the Blinn Junior College District. | 01/06/2023 |
| SB 371 | Eckhardt | Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. | 01/09/2023 |
| HB 1211 | Guillen | Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans. | 01/09/2023 |
| HB 1276 | Hinojosa | Relating to the reduction of methane gas flaring on land dedicated to the permanent university fund. | 01/11/2023 |
| SB 412 | Paxton | Relating to protections for pregnant and parenting students enrolled in public institutions of higher education. | 01/12/2023 |
| SB 413 | Paxton | Relating to protections for pregnant and parenting students enrolled in public institutions of higher education. |
01/12/2023 |
| SB 438 | Menéndez | Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. | 01/12/2023 |
| SB 453 | Menéndez | Relating to the enforcement of certain requirements regarding the transfer of course credit between public institutions of higher education. | 01/12/2023 |
| SB 411 | Paxton | Relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to make available to students certain pregnancy--related informational materials published by the Department of State Health Services. | 01/12/2023 |
| SB 419 | Paxton | Relating to parental access to a public school's library catalog and consent for student access to certain public school library materials. | 01/12/2023 |
| SB 408 | Hinojosa | Relating to the Nursing Faculty Loan Repayment Assistance Program. | 01/12/2023 |
| HB 1323 | Talarico | Relating to the measures to encourage eligible students to claim certain tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students who are or have been in foster or other residential care. | 01/12/2023 |
| SB 427 | Kolkhorst | Relating to requiring certain institutions of higher education to enter into an agreement to offer undergraduate courses in Texas History. | 01/12/2023 |
| SB 428 | Middleton | Relating to the limitation on the number of baccalaureate degree programs a public junior college may offer. | 01/12/2023 |
| SB 454 | Menéndez | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Emergency Aid for Public Postsecondary Students (TEAPPS) grant program for students at certain public institutions of higher education. | 01/12/2023 |
| SB 455 | Menéndez | Relating to the measures to encourage eligible students to claim certain tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students who are or have been in foster or other residential care. | 01/12/2023 |
| SB 429 | Middleton | Relating to the requirements for a public junior college to receive approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer a baccalaureate degree program. | 01/12/2023 |
| SB 459 | Paxton | Relating to early registration for parenting students at public institutions of higher education. | 01/13/2023 |
| SB 462 | Parker | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Competency-Based Education Grant Program for certain students enrolled in competency-based baccalaureate degree programs and to formula funding and dropped and repeated course restrictions for students enrolled in those degree programs at public institutions of higher education. | 01/13/2023 |
| HB 1329 | Morales, Eddie | Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain health care workers employed in rural counties. | 01/13/2023 |
| SB 458 | Kolkhorst | Relating to nursing educational programs offered by for-profit entities. | 01/13/2023 |
| HB 1338 | Raney | Relating to the participation of community-based organizations in workforce training programs funded by the skills development fund. | 01/13/2023 |
| HB 1361 | Morales Shaw | Relating to the designation of liaison officers to assist certain students at public institutions of higher education who are parents. | 01/17/2023 |
| SB 473 | Hughes | Relating to providing information to undergraduate students regarding certain fixed or flat tuition rates provided by certain public institutions of higher education. | 01/17/2023 |
| HB 1391 | Schaefer | Relating to the regulation of electricians, including the requirements to obtain a residential wireman license. | 01/18/2023 |
| HB 1406 | Lujan | Relating to the measures to encourage eligible students to claim certain tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students who are or have been in foster or other residential care. | 01/18/2023 |
| HB 1419 | Cain | Relating to the repeal of certain limitations on bacterial meningitis vaccination exemptions for students at institutions of higher education. | 01/18/2023 |
| SB 487 | Springer | Relating to authorizing of any Community College District to offer a baccalaureate degree program in the field of education. | 01/18/2023 |
| HB 1474 | Guillen | Relating to protections for pregnant and parenting students enrolled in public institutions of higher education. | 01/19/2023 |
| HB 1488 | Rose |
Relating to sickle cell disease health care improvement and the sickle cell task force. |
01/19/2023 |
| HB 1501 | Walle |
Relating to the eligibility of certain students enrolled in a postsecondary educational institution for the supplemental nutrition assistance program. |
01/20/2023 |
| SB 518 | Kolkhorst |
Relating to requiring the consideration of standardized test scores as a factor in nonautomatic admissions decisions at certain public institutions of higher education. |
01/20/2023 |
| HB 1509 | Patterson |
Relating to an annual report on financial support provided by public institutions of higher education to nonprofit media organizations. |
01/20/2023 |
| SB 532 | West |
Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans. |
01/20/2023 |
| HB 1495 | Guerra |
Relating to a study on leasing state property for private use |
01/20/2023 |
| HB 1508 | Darby |
Relating to certain powers and duties in relation to information resources at public institutions of higher education and other state agencies. |
01/20/2023 |
| SB 518 | Kolkhorst |
Relating to requiring the consideration of standardized test scores as a factor in nonautomatic admissions decisions at certain public institutions of higher education. |
01/20/2023 |
| SB 526 | West |
Relating to requiring prior approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer a degree or certificate program to certain persons who are incarcerated or subject to involuntary civil commitment. |
01/20/2023 |
| SB 530 | West |
Relating to a peer support network for law enforcement officers. |
01/20/2023 |
| SB 557 | West |
Relating to the eligibility of certain students enrolled in a postsecondary educational institution for the supplemental nutrition assistance program. |
02/23/2023 |
| SB 549 | Eckhardt |
Relating to a study on leasing state property for private use. |
01/23/2023 |
| SB 548 | Blanco |
Relating to a limitation on the amount of tuition charged by public institutions of higher education. |
01/23/2023 |
| SB 567 | Springer |
Relating to Firefighters Enrolled in Fire Science Courses. |
01/23/2023 |
| HB 1574 | Harris, Caroline |
Relating to early registration for parenting students at public institutions of higher education. |
01/24/2023 |
| SB 592 | Alvarado |
Relating to the creation of the Lone Star Workforce of the Future Fund. |
01/24/2023 |
| SB 588 | Hughes |
Relating to creating a temporary educator certification for certain military service members and first responders. |
01/24/2023 |
| HB 1551 | Anchía |
Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans. |
01/24/2023 |
| HB 1604 | González, Mary |
Relating to a report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding students with disabilities in higher education. |
01/25/2023 |
| HB 1067 | Harris, Cody |
Relating to prohibiting certain instruction as part of a course at a public institution of higher education. |
01/25/2023 |
| SB 597 | Echkardt |
Relating to the designation of liaison officers to assist certain students at public institutions of higher education who are parents. |
01/25/2023 |
| HB 1636 | Canales |
Relating to baccalaureate degree programs offered by certain public junior colleges. |
01/25/2023 |
| SB 601 | Birdwell |
Relating to a campus of the Texas State Technical College System located in Ellis County. |
01/25/2023 |
| HB 1755 | Button |
Relating to the creation of the Lone Star Workforce of the Future Fund. |
01/26/2023 |
| HB 1703 | Ordaz | Relating to the workforce development evaluation system administered by the Texas Workforce Commission. | 01/26/2023 |
| SB 633 | Menéndez | Relating to the provision of information regarding mental health and suicide prevention services to entering students at public institutions of higher education. | 01/26/2023 |
| SB 365 | Eckhardt | Relating to the development of a state information technology credential offered by public junior colleges to address shortages in the state information resources workforce. | 01/26/2023 |
| SB 642 | Zaffirini | Relating to the issuance of a transcript by a postsecondary educational institution to a student who is in default on certain student loans. | 01/27/2023 |
| SB 646 | Nichols | Relating to formula funding for certain nonresident students enrolled at Lamar State College--Orange. | 01/27/2023 |
| SB 649 | Middleton | Relating to participation in athletic activities based on biological sex; providing a civil right to action for K-12 athletes and college athletes. | 01/27/2023 |
| HB 1794 | Schaefer | Relating to the eligibility of The University of Texas at Tyler to receive formula funding for the university's school of pharmacy. | 01/27/2023 |
| HB 1760 | Hefner | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of possessing a weapon in certain prohibited places associated with schools or postsecondary educational institutions. | 01/27/2023 |
| SB 657 | Menéndez | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Teacher Recruitment Scholarship Program and the Texas Teacher Retention Incentive Program. | 01/27/2023 |
| HB 1802 | Capriglione | Relating to the compensation and professional representation of certain students participating in University Interscholastic League activities or in intercollegiate athletic programs at certain institutions of higher education. | 01/30/2023 |
| HB 1810 | Cain | Relating to protection from employment retaliation for reporting the existence of certain policies, patterns, or practices of a local entity or institution of higher education related to immigration. | 01/30/2023 |
| SB 672 | Zaffirini | Relating to baccalaureate degree programs offered by certain public junior colleges. | 02/02/2023 |
| SB 689 | Middleton | Relating to the establishment of a public safety dual credit grant program by the Texas Education Agency. | 02/03/2023 |
| SB 695 | Hughes | Relating to funding for The University of Texas at Tyler's school of pharmacy. | 02/03/2023 |
| HB 1856 | Jones, Jolanda | Relating to a firearms policy for campus peace officers commissioned by a public institution of higher education. | 02/03/2023 |
| HB 1912 | Button | Relating to student buildings fees at The University of Texas at Dallas. | 02/03/2023 |
| SB 696 | West | Relating to student buildings fees at The University of Texas at Dallas. | 02/03/2023 |
| HB 1816 | Muñoz, Jr. | Relating to the governing board of certain junior college districts. | 02/03/2023 |
| SB 692 | Zaffirini | Hinojosa | Relating to baccalaureate degree programs offered by certain public junior colleges. | 02/03/2023 |
| HB 1935 | Raymond | Relating to a study on best practices in STEM programs at minority-serving public institutions of higher education and to a grant program to implement those practices. | 02/06/2023 |
| HB 1690 | Morales, Eddie | Relating to the name of and the course levels offered at Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College. | 02/06/2023 |
| SB 708 | LaMantia | Relating to certain credentials of value offered by general academic teaching institutions as part of a baccalaureate degree program. | 02/06/2023 |
| SB 709 | Campbell | Relating to school marshals, including eligibility for appointment as a school marshal, licensure and training requirements, and school marshal uniforms or badges. | 02/06/2023 |
| HB 1976 | Johnson, Jarvis | Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. | 02/07/2023 |
| HB 1997 | Ortega | Relating to a study regarding establishing a public law school as a professional school of The University of Texas at El Paso. | 02/07/2023 |
| HB 2012 | Oliverson | Metcalf | Relating to the display of the national motto in public school and institution of higher education classrooms. | 02/07/2023 |
| SB 737 | Gutierrez | Relating to the creation of the Texas School Patrol. | 02/072023 |
| HB 2046 | Muñoz, Jr. | Relating to eligibility to receive certain federal funding for postsecondary career and technology education distributed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. | 02/08/2023 |
| HB 2059 | Price | Relating to mental health first aid training provided by local mental health authorities and local behavioral health authorities. | 02/08/2023 |
| HB 2026 | Darby | Relating to the Rural Veterinarian Incentive Program. | 02/08/2023 |
| SB 779 | Perry | Relating to the use of scholarship money awarded by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy to certain fifth-year accounting students. | 02/08/2023 |
| HB 2114 | Toth | Relating to the establishment of an empowerment scholarship account program. | 02/09/2023 |
| HB 2100 | Price | Relating to eligibility requirements for student loan repayment assistance for certain mental health professionals. | 02/09/2023 |
| SB 804 | Schwertner | Relating to eligibility requirements for student loan repayment assistance for certain mental health professionals. | 02/09/2023 |
| HB 2132 | Harris, Caaroline | Relating to a campus of the Texas State Technical College System located in Williamson County. | 02/09/2023 |
| HB 2108 | Allison | Relating to eligibility for tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. | 02/09/2023 |
| SB 804 | Schwertner | Relating to eligibility requirements for student loan repayment assistance for certain mental health professionals. | 02/09/2023 |
| HB 2179 | Talarico | Relating to the addition of a service readiness component to the college, career, or military readiness outcomes bonus under the Foundation School Program. | 02/10/2023 |
| SB 847 | Blanco | Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for certain capital projects at The University of Texas at El Paso. | 02/10/2023 |
| HB 2171 | Guerra | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Center for Rural Health Education at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. | 02/10/2023 |
| HB 2167 | Guerra | Relating to a plan by the Department of State Health Services to establish and improve tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment programs for health care professionals serving border communities. | 02/10/2023 |
| SB 846 | Blanco | Relating to authorizing the insurance of revenue bonds for certain capital projects at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso. | 02/10/2023 |
| HB 2158 | Ashby | Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for firefighters enrolled in certain courses at public institutions of higher education. | 02/10/2023 |
| HB 2160 | Hinojosa | Relating to mental health professional staffing requirements at law schools at public institutions of higher education. | 02/10/2023 |
| HB 2177 | Stucky | Relating to establishing a digital textbook and learning materials subscription pilot program. | 02/10/2023 |
| HB 2208 | Walle | Relating to the inclusion of the National Sexual Assault Hotline on certain student identification cards issued by a public institution of higher education. | 02/13/2023 |
| HB 2229 | Goodwin | Relating to the notice given to certain victims of family violence. | 02/13/2023 |
| HB 2209 | Lozano | Relating to establishing the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program and creating an allotment and outcomes bonus under the Foundation School Program to support the program. | 02/13/2023 |
| HB 2264 | Talarico | Relating to requiring public junior colleges to award course credit to students who hold a Child Development Associate credential. | 02/13/2023 |
| SB 865 | Schwetner | Relating to a campus of the Texas State Technical College System located in Williamson County. | 02/13/2023 |
| SB 867 | West | Relating to the recipients of opioid antagonists under the opioid antagonist program. | 02/13/2023 |
| SJR 49 | Perry | Proposing a constitutional amendment creating a university research fund to support emerging research universities in The University of Texas System or The Texas A&M University System and disqualifying all component institutions of those university systems from receiving money from the national research university fund. | 02/13/2023 |
| SB 892 | Zaffirini | Relating to the employment of certain peace officers as private security officers. | 02/13/2023 |
| HB 2197 | Lopez, Ray | Relating to assistance for tuition and fees at postsecondary educational institutions for certain members of the Texas military forces. | 02/13/2023 |
| SB 928 | Parker | Relating to the protection of personally identifiable student information and the use of covered information by an operator or educational entity; authorizing a civil and administrative penalty. | 02/14/2023 |
| HB 2270 | Moody | Relating to a requirement that certain students, interns, residents, and fellows receiving a clinical education at public or nonprofit hospitals receive an annual comprehensive health examination. | 02/14/2023 |
| HB 2279 | Anchía | Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses involving the carrying of weapons at certain locations. | 02/14/2023 |
| HB 2280 | Anchía | Relating to the carrying of handguns on the campuses of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education. | 02/14/2023 |
| SB 902 | West | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Leadership Scholars Program to serve as a merit-based scholarship and leadership opportunity for high-achieving, emerging leaders with financial need. | 02/14/2023 |
| SB 937 | Eckhardt | Relating to eligibility for tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. | 02/14/2023 |
| HB 2368 | Muñoz, Jr. | Relating to requirements for certain skills development fund grant proposals. | 02/15/2023 |
| SB 951 | Perry | Relating to the award of scholarship money by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy to certain accounting students. | 02/15/2023 |
| SB 969 | Zaffirini | Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain correctional officers and jailers. | 02/15/2023 |
| SB 971 | West | Relating to the compensation and professional representation of certain students participating in University Interscholastic League activities or in intercollegiate athletic programs at certain institutions of higher education. | 02/16/2023 |
| HB 2411 | Talarico | Relating to the use of opioid antagonists on public and private school campuses and at or in transit to or from off-campus school events. | 02/16/2023 |
| SB 992 | Hinijosa | Relating to establishing the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program and creating an allotment and outcomes bonus under the Foundation School Program to support the program. | 02/16/2023 |
| HB 2407 | Talarico | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Promise Grant Program for certain students at two-year public institutions of higher education. | 02/16/2023 |
| SB 1024 | Kolkhorst | Relating to preventative health care and public health; authorizing a civil penalty. | 02/17/2023 |
| SB 1026 | Kolkhorst | Relating to prohibited COVID-19 vaccine mandates and vaccination status discrimination. | 02/17/2023 |
| HB 2448 | Guillen | Relating to creating a framework for including certain credentials of value offered by general academic teaching institutions as part of a baccalaureate degree program. | 02/17/2023 |
| SB 1025 | Kolkhorst | Relating to immunization requirements and documentation, including adverse event tracking following the administration of vaccines and booster doses. | 02/17/2023 |
| HB 2514 | Guillen | Relating to interim studies on real property owned by the state. | 02/17/2023 |
| SB 1031 | Hall | Relating to studies or surveys on children's sexual behavior conducted at or by a public primary or secondary school, a public institution of higher education, a prescription drug manufacturer, a research entity, or another person; creating criminal offenses; imposing civil penalties. | 02/17/2023 |
| HB 2445 | Dutton | Relating to an exemption from or refund of tuition and fees for certain lower-division students enrolled at Texas Southern University or Prairie View A&M University. | 02/17/2023 |
| HB 2504 | Button | Relating to the award of scholarship money by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy to certain accounting students. | 02/17/2023 |
| SB 1058 | Perry | Relating to the university research fund and eligibility to receive money from the national research university fund. | 02/21/2023 |
| SB 1047 | Perry | Relating to funding and activities of the Texas Produced Water Consortium. | 02/21/2023 |
| HB 2594 | Orega | Relating to requiring training in the importance of mental and physical health as a requisite for certain medical degrees. | 02/21/2023 |
| HB 2585 | Thierry | Relating to automatic voter registration of students enrolled in public institutions of higher education. | 02/21/2023 |
| SB 1055 | Nichols | Relating to the creation of a new university in Nacogdoches, Texas, within The University of Texas System; abolishing Stephen F. Austin State University. | 02/21/2023 |
| SB 1073 | West | Relating to measures to assist students enrolled at public institutions of higher education who are homeless or who are or were in foster care. | 02/21/2023 |
| HB 2540 | Raymond | Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for the siblings of certain military personnel. | 02/21/2023 |
| HB 2596 | Frazier | Relating to eligibility of certain current or former members of the Texas National Guard or the Texas Air National Guard for tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education. | 02/21/2023 |
| HB 2637 | Jones, Jolanda | Relating to a study on certain declines in minority participation at public institutions of higher education. | 02/22/2023 |
| HB 2631 | Jones, Jolanda | Relating to the withdrawal or revocation of an athletic scholarship by a public institution of higher education on the basis of a student athlete's injury, illness, or disability. | 02/22/2023 |
| HB 2639 | Clardy | Relating to the creation of a new university in Nacogdoches, Texas, within The University of Texas System; abolishing Stephen F. Austin State University. | 02/22/2023 |
| HB 2642 | Howard | Relating to a requirement that public institutions of higher education provide certain information regarding certain women's health programs to students. | 02/22/2023 |
| HB 2672 | Frazier | Relating to the eligibility for student loan repayment assistance under the math and science scholars loan repayment program. | 02/22/2023 |
| HB 2724 | Bell, Cecil | Relating to prohibiting a public institution of higher education from partnering with certain private entities for the construction of a student housing facility. | 02/23/2023 |
| HB 2736 | Toth | Relating to requirements regarding certain student resources provided to public and private school students by a public or private primary or secondary school, institution of higher education, state agency, or public library. | 02/23/2023 |
| HB 2757 | Tepper | Relating to funding and activities of the Texas Produced Water Consortium. | 02/23/2023 |
| HB 2760 | Hefner | Relating to the disclosure of certain gifts, grants, contracts, and financial interests received from a foreign source by certain state agencies, public institutions of higher education, and state contractors, and to the approval and monitoring of employment-related foreign travel and activities by certain public institution of higher education employees; providing civil and administrative penalties. | 02/23/2023 |
| SB 1152 | Hall | Relating to requirements regarding certain student resources provided to public and private school students by a public or private primary or secondary school, institution of higher education, state agency, or public library. | 02/23/2023 |
| SB 1128 | Blanco | Relating to the service of and certain benefits for members of the Texas military forces, including tuition assistance at postsecondary educational institutions. | 02/23/2023 |
| HB 2804 | Kuempel | Relating to use of the name, image, or likeness of a student athlete participating in an intercollegiate athletic program at an institution of higher education. | 02/24/2023 |
| HB 2818 | Cain | Relating to the production and regulation of hemp; providing administrative penalties; creating a criminal offense. | 02/24/2023 |
| SB 1201 | Zaffirini | Relating to the development of a state information technology credential offered by public junior colleges to address shortages in the state information resources workforce. | 02/24/2023 |
| HB 2904 | Plesa | Relating to required notice to high school students and parents or guardians regarding a student's receipt of certain awards, recognitions, and scholarship opportunities. | 02/27/2023 |
| HB 2875 | Leo-Wilson | Relating to requirements regarding certain student resources provided to public and private school students by a public or private primary or secondary school, institution of higher education, state agency, or public library. | 02/27/2023 |
| HB 2920 | Paul | Relating to the information maintained by the Texas Education Agency regarding postsecondary education and career opportunities. | 02/27/2023 |
| HB 3028 | Meyer | Relating to a credit for prepayment of the amount required to be paid by a school district for the purchase of attendance credit under the public school finance system. | 02/28/2023 |
| HB 8 | VanDeaver | Relating to the administration, coordination, and support of public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program and an Advanced Career and Education (ACE) scholarship program for students enrolled in dual credit courses. | 03/01/2023 |
| SJR 69 | Perry | Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating to the national research university fund a portion of certain income from the lease for oil and gas exploration of land dedicated to the permanent university fund. | 02/28/2023 |
| SB 1326 | Blanco | Relating to a requirement that certain students, interns, residents, and fellows receiving a clinical education at public or nonprofit hospitals receive an annual comprehensive health examination. | 02/28/2023 |
| HB 3048 | Raney | Relating to the authority of certain public institutions of higher education to offer programs and courses in junior college district service areas. | 02/28/2023 |
| HB 3024 | Canales | Relating to baccalaureate degree programs offered by certain public junior colleges. | 02/28/2023 |
| HB 3173 | Bucy | Relating to inquiries into and the consideration of an applicant's criminal and disciplinary history in making admissions decisions at a public institution of higher education. | 03/01/2023 |
| HB 3120 | Muñoz, Jr. | Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate of certain junior college districts. | 03/01/2023 |
| HB 3124 | Lalani | Relating to the use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and smokable tobacco products on the campus of a public institution of higher education. | 03/01/2023 |
| SB 1356 | Miles | Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race. | 03/01/2023 |
| HB 3140 | King, Ken | Relating to eligibility requirements for the Teach for Texas Loan Repayment Assistance Program. | 03/01/2023 |
| SB 1408 | Miles | Relating to establishment of the Texas Rare Disease Advisory Council. | 03/01/2023 |
| HB 3085 | Lalani | Relating to a requirement that public institutions of higher education provide applicants with certain information regarding eligibility for public health programs. | 03/01/2023 |
| HB 3164 | Tepper, Noble, Jetton, Patterson, Capriglione | Relating to the prohibition of diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and employees at public institutions of higher education. | 03/01/2023 |
| HB 3172 | Bucy, Cole, Howard | Relating to the availability of menstrual products and lactation rooms at public institutions of higher education. | 03/01/2023 |
| HB 683 | Cole, Gullen, Turner, Dutton, Howard | Relating to the exemption of tuition and laboratory fees at public institutions of higher education for certain paramedics. | 11/15/2022 |
| HB 1350 | LaMantia | Relating to the exemption of tuition and laboratory fees at public institutions of higher education for certain paramedics. | 03/01/2023 |
| HB 3149 | Zwiener | Relating to the creation of a universal higher education savings trust account by the Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board. | 03/01/2023 |
| SB 1504 | Middleton | Relating to the automatic admission of students with a nontraditional secondary education to certain public institutions of higher education. | 03/02/2023 |
| SB 1489 | Creighton | Relating to prohibiting the investment of the permanent university fund, the national research university fund, or money held by a public institution of higher education in financial companies that boycott certain energy companies. | 03/02/2023 |
| HB 3280 | Leo-Wilson | Relating to the enrollment, including resident status and tuition rates, of certain persons, including persons not authorized to be present in the United States, in public institutions of higher education. | 03/02/2023 |
| HB 3338 | Cole, González, Jessica, Oliverson, Hernandez, Talarico | Relating to measures to prevent and respond to opioid-related drug overdoses, including policies and training regarding the use of opioid antagonists, at student residences on campuses of public institutions of higher education; providing immunity. | 03/02/2023 |
| SB 1429 | Hinijosa | Relating to the use of standardized examinations by a school of nursing or educational program. | 03/02/2023 |
| HB 3211 | Stucky, Thimsech, Anderson | Relating to a campus of the Texas State Technical College System located in Denton County. | 03/02/2023 |
| SB 3287 | Anderson, Morales, Eddie | Relating to the locations of the campuses of the Texas State Technical College System. | 03/02/2023 |
| HB 3296 | Raney | Relating to reporting requirements regarding certain data related to students at two-year public institutions of higher education. | 03/02/2023 |
| HB 3337 | Cole, Flores, Zweiner, Ortega, Johnson, Ann | Relating to the provision of menstrual products at public institutions of higher education. | 03/02/2023 |
| SB 1442 | Springer | Relating to the creation of a campus of the Texas State Technical College System | 03/02/2023 |
| HB 3296 | Raney | Relating to reporting requirements regarding certain data related to students at two-year public institutions of higher education. | 03/02/2023 |
| HB 3471 | Bucy, Cole, Howard | Relating to the general responsibility of public institutions of higher education and to protected expression and academic freedom at those institutions. | 03/3/2023 |
| SB 1563 | Creighton | Relating to the eligibility of Sam Houston State University to receive formula funding for the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. | 03/03/2023 |
| HB 3487 | Turner | Relating to certain expenditures by public institutions of higher education and university systems that are eligible for certain tax credits. | 03/03/2023 |
| SB 629 | Menéndez | Relating to the use of opioid antagonists on public and private school campuses and at or in transit to or from off-campus school events. | 03/03/2023 |
| SB 1650 | Creighton | Relating to the removal, relocation, alteration, or construction of certain monuments or memorials located on public property; authorizing a civil penalty. | 03/03/2023 |
| SB 1565 | Hughes | Relating to policy frameworks for research security established by public institutions of higher education. | 03/03/2023 |
| SB 1583 | Hall | Relating to restricting research on potentially pandemic pathogens in this state; creating a civil penalty. | 03/03/2023 |
| SB 1590 | LaMantia | Relating to the Rural Veterinarian Incentive Program. | 03/03/2023 |
| HB 3371 | Johnson, Ann | Relating to health benefits offered by institutions of higher education to students and their families. | 03/03/2023 |
| HB 3410 | Thierry | Relating to staff development for public school employees in cultural competence and implicit bias and to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race. | 03/03/2023 |
| HB 3447 | Bonnen | Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium and the Texas Space Commission. | 03/03/2023 |
| HB 3486 | Turner | Relating to the requirements for the early college education program and the transfer of course credit among public institutions of higher education. | 03/03/2023 |
| SB 1517 | King | Relating to academic boycotts at institutions of higher education. | 03/03/2023 |
| SB 1518 | King | Relating to the establishment of a terrorist offender registry and to the supervision of those terrorist offenders; creating criminal offenses related to terrorism. | 03/03/2023 |
| SB 1537 | Parker, Bettencourt, Campbell, Creaighton, Flores, Hall, King, Middleton, Paxton, Spring | Relating to measures to prevent espionage and intellectual property theft at public institutions of higher education. | 03/03/2023 |
| SB 1577 | Menéndez, Schwertner | Relating to the Texas Real Estate Research Center, the Real Estate Research Advisory Committee, the Texas Real Estate Commission, and the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board; increasing a fee; authorizing a fee. | 03/03/2023 |
| SB 1590 | LaMantia | Relating to the Rural Veterinarian Incentive Program. | 03/03/2023 |
| SB 1591 | LaMantia | Relating to the locations of the campuses of the Texas State Technical College System. | 03/03/2223 |
| HB 3486 | Turner | Relating to the requirements for the early college education program and the transfer of course credit among public institutions of higher education. | 03/03/2023 |
| HB 74 | Bernal, Lalani, Jones, Venton | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Teacher Recruitment Scholarship Program and the Texas Teacher Retention Incentive Program. | 11/14/2022 |
| SB 11 | Nicholes | Relating to measures for ensuring safety and security in public schools, including measures related to certain student records and truant conduct and active shooter training for certain peace officers. | 03/03/2023 |
| HB 3631 | Lalani | Relating to a requirement that public institutions of higher education provide certain information regarding mental health services to entering students. | 03/06/2023 |
| HB 3674 | Rogers | Relating to the creation of a rural dual credit grant program by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. | 03/06/2023 |
| HB 3676 | Rogers | Relating to the creation of a rural dual credit pilot program by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. | 03/06/2023 |
| HB 3682 | Tepper, Gates, Cain, Issac | Relating to a prohibition against affirmative action in governmental employment and in higher education admissions. | 03/06/2023 |
| HB 3687 | Meza | Relating to the use by a public institution of higher education of money appropriated to the institution by the legislature as part of an across-the-board salary increase for state employees. | 03/06/2023 |
| HB 3619 | Burrows | Relating to prohibiting the investment of the permanent university fund, the national research university fund, or money held by a public institution of higher education in financial companies that boycott certain energy companies. | 03/06/2023 |
| HB 3552 | Thierry | Relating to the creation of the Texas Slavery and Segregation Commission. | 03/06/2023 |
| HB 3553 | Thierry, Shaheen, Jetton, Cook | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of trafficking of persons if committed at certain locations. | 03/06/2023 |
| HB 3627 | Lalani | Relating to signs posted by public institutions of higher education to facilitate the reporting of and to prevent incidents of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. | 03/06/2023 |
| HB 3685 | Jones, Jolanda | Relating to the award of time credits to certain persons released on parole or to mandatory supervision. | 03/06/2023 |
| HB 3690 | Jones, Jolanda | Relating to the establishment of the Healthy Minds Campus program by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. | 03/06/2023 |
| HB 3720 | Lozano | Relating to the prohibition on a political subdivision limiting or prohibiting a school activity or service in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. | 03/06/2023 |
| HB 3631 | Lalani | Relating to a requirement that public institutions of higher education provide certain information regarding mental health services to entering students. | 03/06/2023 |
| HB 3689 | Jones, Jolanda | Relating to a requirement that public institutions of higher education provide certain information regarding certain women's health programs to students. | 03/06/2023 |
| SB 1652 | Huffman | Relating to the creation, management and administration of the Texas Space Commission and the Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium. | 03/06/2023 |
| HB 3632 | Goodwin | Relating to the establishment of a housing assistance pilot program to assist certain students enrolled in public junior colleges. | 03/06/2023 |
| SB 1784 | Kolkhorst | Relating to use of the name, image, or likeness of a student athlete participating in an intercollegiate athletic program at an institution of higher education. | 03/07/2023 |
| HB 3930 | Bryant, Howard | Relating to grant programs established to support nursing education and training. | 03/07/2023 |
| SB 1799 | Springer | Relating to a restriction on an employment contract entered into by the governing board of a junior college district. | 03/07/2023 |
| HB 3790 | Wilson | Relating to the provision of scholarships by private or independent institutions of higher education under the Joint Admission Medical Program. | 03/07/2023 |
| HB 3914 | Oliverson | Relating to prohibitions on the use of grant money awarded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to procure or obtain organs from a hospital located in China. | 03/07/2023 |
| HB 3748 | Bucy | Relating to ensuring access to the right to vote by all eligible voters. | 03/07/2023 |
| SB 1721 | Paxton | Relating to the display of the national motto and historically significant documents to the founding of the United States in public schools and institutions of higher education. | 03/07/2023 |
| HB 15 | Thompson, Senfronia, Craddick, Buckley, Bonnen, Kuempel | Relating to the creation of the Mental Health and Brain Research Institute of Texas. | 03/07/2023 |
| HB 3976 | Orr | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Women's Health Care Consortium. | 03/07/2023 |
| SB 1715 | Miles | Relating to the treatment of and education on sickle cell disease and the sickle cell task force. | 03/07/2023 |
| SB 1758 | Schwertner | Relating to the use of certain land by the University of Texas System. | 03/07/2023 |
| HB 3815 | Paul | Relating to academic boycotts at institutions of higher education. | 03/07/2023 |
| HB 3878 | King, Ken | Thompson, Senfronia | Hernandez | Patterson | Smith | Relating to the Texas Real Estate Research Center, the Real Estate Research Advisory Committee, the Texas Real Estate Commission, and the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board; increasing a fee; authorizing a fee. | 03/07/2023 |
| SB 1711 | Perry | Relating to the protection of expressive activities at public institutions of higher education. | 03/07/2023 |
| SB 1721 | Paxton | Relating to the display of the national motto and historically significant documents to the founding of the United States in public schools and institutions of higher education. | 03/07/2023 |
| SB 1796 | Menéndez | Relating to establishing a social work recruitment and retention program administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. | 03/07/2023 |
| HB 3790 | Wilson | Relating to the provision of scholarships by private or independent institutions of higher education under the Joint Admission Medical Program. | 03/07/2023 |
| HB 3930 | Bryant, Howard | Relating to grant programs established to support nursing education and training. | 03/07/2023 |
| SB 1733 | Johnson | Relating to the establishment of a housing assistance pilot program to assist certain students enrolled in public junior colleges. | 03/07/2023 |
| SB 1799 | Springer | Relating to a restriction on an employment contract entered into by the governing board of a junior college district. | 03/07/2023 |
| HB 3993 | Paul | Relating to the automatic admission of students with a nontraditional secondary education to certain public institutions of higher education. | 03/08/2023 |
| HB 4019 | Jones, Venton | Relating to inquiries into the criminal and disciplinary history of an applicant for undergraduate admission to a public institution of higher education. | 03/08/2023 |
| HB 4021 | Howard | Relating to the eligibility of certain students enrolled in a postsecondary educational institution for the supplemental nutrition assistance program. | 03/08/2023 |
| HB 4092 | Dutton | Relating to the methods to achieve a college, career, or military outcomes bonus under the Foundation School Program. | 03/08/2023 |
| HB 4109 | Troxclair | Relating to the information maintained by the Texas Education Agency regarding postsecondary education and career opportunities. | 03/08/2023 |
| SB 1884 | Flores | Relating to identification of and sanctions against certain foreign actors. | 03/08/2023 |
| HB 4005 | Raney, Lalani, Darby | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Competency-Based Education Grant Program for certain students enrolled in competency-based baccalaureate degree programs and to formula funding and dropped and repeated course restrictions for students enrolled in those degree programs at public institutions of higher education. | 03/08/2023 |
| HB 4043 | Hayes | Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education. | 03/08/2023 |
| HB 4058 | Cortez, Campos | Relating to the use of opioid antagonists on the campuses of public and private schools and institutions of higher education and at or in transit to or from off-campus school events. | 03/08/2023 |
| HB 1095 | King, Ken | Relating to the eligibility of a business entity to receive a credit against the ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district on the business entity's property in exchange for donating equipment to the school district to be used in a course that may lead to a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit and providing that such a course may satisfy public high school graduation requirements for electives. | 03/08/2023 |
| HB 4251 | Cook | Relating to the provision of postsecondary education to certain inmates in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | 03/08/2023 |
| SB 1913 | Gutierrez | Relating to the accreditation of private independant insstitutions of higher education. | 03/08/2023 |
| HB 400 | Klick | Relating to innovation grant programs to support residency training programs in psychiatric specialty fields and recruitment, training, and retention n behavioral health fields. | 03/08/2023 |
| HB 3988 | Reynolds | Relating to the creation of the Texas Advanced Research Institute. | 03/08/2023 |
| HB 4104 | Johnson, Ann | Relating to a nursing dual credit pilot program. | 03/08/2023 |
| SB 1838 | Hinojosa | Relating to the creation of the Alzheimer's Research Collborative of Texas. | 03/08/2023 |
| SB 1974 | Miles | Relating to the creation of the Texas Advanced Research Institute. | 03/08/2023 |
| SB 3997 | Raney | Relating to reporting and data collection requirements in relation to tuition and fee exemption at public institutions of heigher education for certain military personnel and their family members. | 03/08/2023 |
| HB 4043 | Kuempel | Relating to the identification and mapping of aggregate production operations by The University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology. | 03/08/2023 |
| HB 4137 | Plesa | Relating to the provision of contraceptive methods at public institutions of higher education. | 03/08/2023 |
| SB 1876 | Middleton | Relating to the transfer of course credit between public institutions of higher education. | 03/08/2023 |
| SB 1887 | West | Relating to the requirements for the early college education program and the transfer of course credit among public institutions of higher education. | 03/08/2023 |
| SB 1969 | Bettencourt | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed on or near the premises of a day-care center, school, or postsecondary educational institution. | 03/08/2023 |
| SB 1987 | Sparks | Relating to the accreditation of certain postsecondary educational institutions in this state or of certain programs offered by those institutions. | 03/08/2023 |
| HB 4131 | Bailes | Relating to the use of funds awarded under the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program. | 03/08/2023 |
| HB 4162 | Wu, Bucy, González, Mary | Relating to housing between academic terms for certain students at public institutions of higher education who were formerly under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. | 03/08/2023 |
| SB 1859 | Hancock | Relating to benefits and services for veterans and certain other related benefits. | 03/08/2023 |
| SB 1906 | Sparks | Relating to student loan repayment assistance for prosecutors and certain criminal lawyers practicing in rural counties. | 03/08/2023 |
| HB 3 | Burrows | King, Tracy O. | Moody | King, Ken | Bonnen | Relating to the development of, implementation of, and funding for public school safety and security requirements. | 03/08/2023 |
| HB 4466 |
Gervin-Hawkins |
Relating to the offering of certain high school courses for which students may earn college credit. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4523 | Howard | Relating to the period for which an applicant for admission as an undergraduate student to a public institution of higher education is entitled to an academic fresh start. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4578 | Longoria, Cole | Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 15 | Middleton | Bettencourt | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | Hall | Hancock | Huffman | Hughes | King | Kolkhorst | Nichols | Parker | Paxton | Perry | Schwertner | Sparks | Springer | Relating to requiring public institution of higher education students who compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions to compete based on biological sex. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2059 | Hinojosa | Relating to grant programs established to support nursing education and training. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2194 | Menéndez | Alvarado | Blanco | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Whitmire | Relating to promoting racial equity in the hiring and promotion of faculty members by public institutions of higher education. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4339 | Frank | Relating to the establishment of the Education Savings Account Program to allow certain disadvantaged children and their siblings to use public money to pursue educational alternatives to public schools and an insurance premium tax credit for contributions made for purposes of that program. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4510 | Smithee | Relating to annual financial reports submitted by state agencies. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2030 | Creighton | Relating to the establishment of The University of Texas at Austin Civitas School of Civic and International Leadership. | 03/09/2023 |
| SJR 81 | Birdwell | Creighton | Eckhardt | Flores | King | LaMantia | Perry | Schwertner | Sparks | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the technical institution infrastructure fund and the available workforce education fund to support the capital needs of career and technical education programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4134 | Kuempel | Relating to the Texas First Early High School Completion Program and the Texas First Scholarship Program. | 03/09/2023 |
| Hb 4437 | Kuempel | Relating to the confidentiality of certain records containing applicant or student information that are held by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4462 | Frank | Relating to transferring data analysis and certain reporting functions from the Department of Family and Protective Services to the Texas Tech University System. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4554 | Slaton | Relating to the right of the poeple to keep and bear arms. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4570 | Bucy | Relating to the language in which certain courses are offered by a public institution of higher education. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4582 | Raymond | Relating to the establishment of a grant program to assist certain public schools in providing salaries to school security personnel. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2068 | Bettencourt | Relating to the information maintained by the Texas Education Agency regarding postsecondary education and career opportunities. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2094 | West | Relating to prohibiting the carrying, possession, or storage of a semiautomatic rifle on the campus of a public or private institution of higher education; creating a criminal offense. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2135 | Kolkhorst | Relating to the course information required to be posted on a public institution of higher education's Internet website; providing an administrative penalty. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2165 | Alvarado | Relating to the inclusion of the National Sexual Assault Hotline on certain student identification cards issued by a public institution of higher education. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4315 | Hefner | Relating to the participation of the medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler in the Joint Admission Medical Program. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4619 | Johnson, Ann | Relating to establishment of the Texas Rare Disease Advisory Council. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2123 | Hughes | Relating to the participation of the medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler in the Joint Admission Medical Program. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4330 | Bhojani | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Promise Grant Program for certain students at two-year public institutions of higher education. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4340 | Frank | Relating to the establishment of the Education Savings Account Program to allow certain children to use public money to pursue educational alternatives to public schools and an insurance premium tax credit for contributions made for purposes of that program. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4374 | Lujan | Relating to substance abuse awareness programs in public schools and public institutions of higher education. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4411 | Dutton, Bumgarner, Hayes | Relating to the apprenticeship system of adult career and technology education. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4419 | Goldman, Ashby, Hunter, Morrison, Collier | Relating to the promotion of the film and television production industry in this state. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4571 | Bucy | Relating to measures to address student hunger at postsecondary educational institutions. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4578 | Longoria, Cole | Relating to limitation on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4594 | Garcia | Relating to a study regarding the needs of military bases located in the state and programs of study offered at school districts and institutions of higher education to prepare students for employment on a military base. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4631 | Longoria | Relating to the creation of the Opportunity High School Diploma pilot program. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4678 | Braynt, Lalani | Relating to establishing a social work recruitment and retention program administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4684 | Howard, Spiller | Relating to nursing educational programs offered by for-[rofit entitites. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2030 | Creaighton | Relating to the establishment of The University of Texas at Austin Civitas School of Civic and International Leadership. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2068 | Bettencourt | Relating to the information maintained by the Texas Education Agency regarding postsecondary education and career opportunities. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2077 | Menéndez | Relating to the establishment of the Building Better Futures Program to support educational and occupational skills training opportunities and support services for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities at public and private institutions of higher education. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2136 | Creighton | Relating to measures to support public secondary and postsecondary American history and civics education, including the satisfaction of curriculum requirements in American History at institutions of higher education and the establishment of the American History and Civics Project. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2137 | Creighton | Relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to offer an undergraduate course in financial literacy and soft skills. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2194 | Menéndez | Alvarado | Blanco | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Whitmire | Relating to promoting racial equity in the hiring and promotion of faculty members by public institutions of higher education. |
03/09/2023 |
| SB 2196 | Hancock | Relating to the identification and mapping of aggregate production operations by The University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4448 | Reynolds | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Promise Grant Program for certain students at two-year public institutions of higher education. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4487 | Smith | Ashby | Murr | Landgraf | Relating to student loan repayment assistance for prosecutors and certain criminal lawyers practicing in rural counties. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4490 | Garcia | Relating to educational benefits for eligible persons attending a comprehensive transition and postsecondary program for students with intellectual disabilities | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4508 | Guerra | Relating to bilingual education in public schools. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4605 | Burns | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Leadership Scholars Program to serve as a merit-based scholarship and leadership opportunity for high-achieving, emerging leaders with financial need. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4617 | Bumgarner | Relating to the requirements for an electronic system to monitor tuition and fee exemptions for veterans and military personnel and their dependents. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4666 | Dean | Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for certain military personnel and their dependents. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2048 | Miles | Relating to eligibility requirements for student loan repayment assistance for certain mental health professionals. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2049 | Miles | Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2059 | Hinojosa | Relating to grant programs established to support nursing education and training. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4363 | Kuempel | Lalani | Bucy | Relating to the establishment of the Future Texas Teachers Scholarship Program for certain students at public institutions of higher education. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4454 | Howard | Relating to the administration of the Texas Innovative Adult Career Education (ACE) Grant Program by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2029 | Creighton | Relating to the administration of the Texas Innovative Adult Career Education (ACE) Grant Program by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2032 | Ceaighton | Relating to adult high school charter school programs. | 03/09/2023 |
| SB 2139 | Parker | Relating to the establishment of the Opportinity High School Diploma pilot program. | 03/09/2023 |
| HB 4736 | Tinderholt | Relating to the enrollment, including admission and resident status, of certain persons by public institutions of higher education. | 03/10/2023 |
| Toth | Relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education from requiring diversity training as a condition for enrollment or registration. | 03/10/2023 | |
| SB 2313 | Hughes | Relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education from requiring diversity training as a condition for enrollment or registration. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2538 | Creighton | Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 4935 | Allen | Relating to certain duties of a public institution of higher education in relation to the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 17 | Creighton | Campbell | King | Kolkhorst | Middleton | Parker | Paxton | Schwertner | Springer | Relating to the powers and duties of the governing boards of public institutions of higher education. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 18 | Creighton | Campbell | Flores | King | Kolkhorst | Middleton | Parker | Paxton | Schwertner | Sparks | Springer | Relating to tenure and employment status at public institutions of higher education in this state. | 03/10/2023 |
| HJR 186 | Matrinez Fischer | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the junior college endowment fund and dedicating the interest and other investment income from money in the fund to reduce the cost of tuition at public junior colleges in this state. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 19 | Huffman | Relating to the administration and investment of, and distribution and use of money from, certain constitutional and statutory funds to support general academic teaching institutions in achieving national prominence as major research universities and driving the state economy; redesignating the national research university fund as the Texas University Fund. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2354 | Bettencourt | Relating to the establishment of the Education Savings Account Program to allow certain disadvantaged children and their siblings to use public money to pursue educational alternatives to public schools and an insurance premium tax credit for contributions made for purposes of that program. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2539 | Creighton | Blanco | Campbell | Eckhardt | Flores | Hinojosa | Huffman | Hughes | Johnson | King | Kolkhorst | LaMantia | Menéndez | Middleton | Miles | Parker | Paxton | Perry | Schwertner | Sparks | Springer | West | Zaffirini | Relating to the administration, coordination, and support of public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program and an Advanced Career and Education (ACE) scholarship program for students enrolled in dual credit courses. | 03/10/2023 |
| SJR 5 | Huffman | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the Texas University Fund, which provides funding to certain institutions of higher education to achieve national prominence as major research universities and drive the state economy. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 4766 | Dutton | Relating to payment by a school district of the costs of developmental coursework provided by an institution of higher education under the success initiative. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 4906 | Hefner | Relating to the authority to obtain certain search warrants of certain peace officers for school districts, state institutions of higher education, and public technical institutes. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 16 | Hughes | Relating to the purpose of public institutions of higher education and a prohibition on compelling students enrolled at those institutions to adopt certain beliefs. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2294 | Creighton | Relating to the Texas First Early High School Completion Program and the Texas First Scholarship Program. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2459 | Hughes | Relating to the disclosure of certain gifts, grants, contracts, and financial interests received from a foreign source by certain state agencies, public institutions of higher education, and state contractors, and to the approval and monitoring of employment-related foreign travel and activities by certain public institution of higher education employees; providing civil and administrative penalties. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2475 | Miles | Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 4814 | Gerdes | Relating to the use of certain land by The University of Texas System. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 5074 | Harrison | Relating to the issuance of a license to practice medicine to certain applicants licensed or educated in a foreign country. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 25 | Kolkhorst | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | Creighton | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Hall | Hinojosa | Huffman | Hughes | Johnson | King | LaMantia | Menéndez | Middleton | Miles | Parker | Paxton | Perry | Schwertner | Springer | West | Whitmire | Zaffirini | Relating to support for nursing-related postsecondary education, including scholarships to nursing students, loan repayment assistance to nurses and nursing faculty, and grants to nursing education programs. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2378 | Campbell | Relating to prohibiting a public entity from providing financial assistance for abortion or abortion-related services; providing civil penalties. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2546 | Blanco | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Center for Rural Health Education at Sul Ross State University in Alpine. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 4752 | Gervin-Hawkins | Relating to a study conducted by the Texas Historical Commission regarding the repair and renovation of Rosenwald school structures located in the south central region of this state. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 4778 | Dutton | Relating to the oversight of Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 4827 | Leo-Wilson | Schaefer | Guillen | Canales | Frazier | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of possessing or carrying a weapon in certain prohibited places associated with schools or educational institutions. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 4880 | Tepper, Cain | Relating to the accreditation of public institutions of higher education; providing a private cause of action. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 4968 | Guillen | Relating to the establishment of a terrorist offender registry and to the supervision of those terrorist offenders; creating criminal offenses related to terrorism. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 4990 | Bonnen, Frank, Oliverson | Relating to the creation, management, and administration of the Texas Pharmacuetical Initiative. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 4997 | Kuempel, Isaac | Relating to a campus of the Texas State Technical College System located in Comal County and Guadalupe County. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 5033 | Jones, Jolanda | Relating to requiring public schools and public institutions of higher education to report data regarding certain arrests made on school or institution property. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 5108 | Harrison | Relating to a study and report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding a teacher apprenticeship program. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 5126 | Shaheen | Relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to publish certain online resources. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2225 | Menéndez | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Students with Disabilities Scholarship Program for certain students at public institutions of higher education. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2241 | LaMantia | Relating to the establishment of a higher education plan for human papillomavirus education and prevention. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2288 | Huffman | Relating to the creation of the Texas semiconductor innovation consortium and fund. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2335 | Middleton, Creighton | Relating to the accreditation of public institutions of higher education; providing a private cause of action. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2449 | Menéndez | Relating to the determination of resident status of certain high school graduates by public institutions of higher education and to the tuition and fees charged by those institutions to those graduates. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2478 | Zaffirni | Relating to a student mental health apprenticeship retention and training (SMART) internship grant program. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2519 | Creighton | Relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to publish certain online resources. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2538 | Creighton | Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2543 |
Blanco |
Relating to the campus of the Texas State Technical College System serving West Texas. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2240 | LaMantia | Relating to establishing a digital textbook and learning materials subscription pilot program. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2316 | Hughes | Relating to service requirements of certain current or former members of the Texas National Guard, the Texas Air National Guard, or a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States for tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 4722 | Howard | Relating to the Texas Educational Opportunity Grant program. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 5073 | Raymond | Relating to benefits and services for veterans and certain other related benefits. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2363 | Creighton | Relating to the Texas Educational Opportunity Grant program. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 4470 | Isaac | Troxclair | Canales | Dorazio | Frazier | Relating to school marshals, including eligibility for appointment as a school marshal, and licensure and training requirements. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2297 | Gutierrez | Relating to emergency operations plans for school districts and public junior colleges to promote safe and positive schools. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 5127 | Shaheen, Bonnen | Relating to public higher education reform; authorizing administrative penatlies. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 5140 | Bonnen | Relating to a prohibition against the consideration of race or ethnicity as a factor in governmental employment or contracting, in other governmental functions, and in higher education admissions. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 1595 | Bonnen | Walle | Thompson, Ed | Paul | Relating to the administration and investment of, and distribution and use of money from, certain constitutional and statutory funds to support general academic teaching institutions in achieving national prominence as major research universities and driving the state economy; redesignating the national research university fund as the Texas University Fund. | 03/10/2023 |
| HJR 3 | Bonnen | Proposing a constitutional amendment renaming the national research university fund as the Texas University Fund, providing for the appropriation of certain investment income from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas University Fund, excepting appropriations to and from the Texas University Fund from the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of appropriations, and appropriating money from the general revenue fund to the Texas University Fund for purposes of providing funding to certain public institutions of higher education to achieve national prominence as major research universities and drive the state economy. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 5112 | Schatzline | Relating to the establishment of an education savings acount program. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 4999 | Morales, Eddie | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Center for Rural Health Education at Sul Ross State University in Apline. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 5146 | Raney | González, Mary | Relating to the establishment of the Building Better Futures Program to support educational and occupational skills training opportunities and support services for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 5148 | Raney, Lalani | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Students with Disabilities Scholarship Program for certain students at public institutions of higher education. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 5102 | Manuel | Relating to safety and security audits at a school district or public junior college district and requiring deficiencies identified in those audits to be corrected. | 03/10/2023 |
| HJR 201 | Wilson | Kuempel | Manuel | VanDeaver | DeAyala | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the technical institution infrastructure fund and the available workforce education fund to support the capital needs of career and technical education programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System, the Lamar Institute of Technology, Lamar State College-Orange, and Lamar State College-Port Arthur. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 5249 | Klick | Relating to prohibiting a public entity from providing financial assistance for abortion or abortion-related services; providing civil penalties. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 7 | Guillen | Relating to public services and programs in the southern border region of this state to address the effects of ongoing criminal activity and public health threats, including methods of financing those services. | 03/10/2023 |
| HB 5192 | Garcia | Relating to the accreditation of private or independent institutions of higher education. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2402 | Kolkhorst | Relating to the creation, management, and administration of the Texas Pharmaceutical Initiative. | 03/10/2023 |
| HJR 189 | Burrows | Proposing a constitutional amendment reducing The University of Texas System's share of the income and other benefits of the permanent university fund, transferring to the national research university fund and general revenue fund a portion of the annual distribution made from the permanent university fund to the available university fund, appropriating the portion transferred to the national research university fund, and dedicating the portion transferred to the general revenue fund to provide for the support and maintenance of public institutions of higher education. | 03/10/2023 |
| SB 2581 | Miles | Relating to the service area of the Houston Community College System District. | 03/24/2023 |
| HB 5330 | Reynolds, Lalani | Relating to the service area of the Houston Community College System District. | 03/28/2023 |
| HB 1859 | Schaefer | Bell, Keith | Goldman | Relating to the regulation of air conditioning and refrigeration contracting, including eligibility for an air conditioning and refrigeration technician registration or certification. | 02/03/2023 |
| SB 999 | West | Relating to the requirement that providers of active shooter training at public schools and institutions of higher education obtain a certificate issued by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. | 02/17/2023 |
| SB 695 | Hughes | Relating to funding for the University of Texas at Tyler's school of pharmacy. | 02/03/2023 |
| HB 4058 | Cortez | Campos | Guerra | Relating to the use of opioid antagonists on the campuses of public and private schools and institutions of higher education and at or in transit to or from off-campus school events. | 03/08/2023 |
| HB 1105 | Price | Cortez | Allison | Darby | Shine | Relating to preventative health care and public health, including prohibited immunization and face-covering requirements, private business or school closures, and the ordering and administration of immunizations by a pharmacist. | 05/24/2023 |
| HB 54 | Tepper | Relating to a prohibition against affirmative action in governmental employment and in higher education admissions. | 06/29/2023 |