Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

House Higher Education Committee Bills & Legislation

TX

Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1782

Relating to the elimination of certain formula funding and dropped course restrictions for returning adult students at public institutions of higher education and to the tuition rate that may be charged to those students for certain excessive undergraduate hours.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB156

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to eliminating automatic admission to certain public institutions of higher education based on high school grade point average.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB152

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to providing for a student who qualifies for automatic admission to an institution of higher education to maintain that status for transferring between institutions in certain circumstances.
TX

Texas 2013 - 83rd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1113

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to matching private grants given to enhance additional research activities at institutions of higher education.
TX

Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2517

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Promise Scholarship Program for certain students at two-year public institutions of higher education.
TX

Texas 2013 - 83rd Regular

Texas House Bill HB2468

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to financial aid.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB180

Filed
11/12/08  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the establishment of a program at the University of North Texas at Dallas to provide financial incentives to certain students who agree to teach bilingual education, English as a second language, or Spanish in certain public schools.
TX

Texas 2013 - 83rd Regular

Texas House Bill HB2474

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to taxes and bonds for a junior college district branch campus.
TX

Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4003

Relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board concerning a shortage of primary care physicians in this state.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB184

Filed
11/12/08  
Out of House Committee
4/14/09  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to an optometry career program at the University of Houston.
TX

Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3687

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
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.
TX

Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1539

Relating to the establishment of a pilot program for certain students who are veterans.
TX

Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1537

Filed
3/3/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/10/23  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to measures to prevent espionage and intellectual property theft at public institutions of higher education.
TX

Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas House Bill HCR30

Introduced
1/7/11  
Requesting The University of Texas at Austin to lead a study by several Texas public universities to examine how young black males in Texas are affected by the benefits and detriments of living in Texas.
TX

Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB28

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
3/28/11  
Introduced
11/8/10  
Voted on by Senate
4/6/11  
Refer
1/31/11  
Out of House Committee
4/19/11  
Report Pass
3/28/11  
Voted on by House
4/21/11  
Engrossed
4/6/11  
Governor Action
6/17/11  
Refer
4/11/11  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Report Pass
4/19/11  
Enrolled
5/29/11  
Enrolled
5/29/11  
Relating to eligibility for a TEXAS grant and to administration of the TEXAS grant program.