By: Zerwas (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 2472
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015;
May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher
Education; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
SeligerX
WestX
BettencourtX
BurtonX
MenéndezX
PerryX
WatsonX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the automatic admission of undergraduate students to
The University of Texas at Austin.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.803(a-3), Education Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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