Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Senate Higher Education Committee Bills & Legislation

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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB200

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to providing resident tuition at public institutions of higher education for certain military veterans and their dependents.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB198

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to requiring general academic teaching institutions to offer personal financial literacy training.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB201

Filed
11/10/08  
Out of Senate Committee
4/20/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/30/09  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the participation of the medical school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso in the Joint Admission Medical Program.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1249

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/20/09  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the creation of a pilot program to improve curricula alignment between junior colleges and general academic teaching institutions for engineering degree programs.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1523

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to requiring satisfactory completion of a course in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System as a requisite for a degree in architecture at certain public institutions of higher education.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1524

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a report regarding research funds received by public institutions of higher education or employees of those institutions from pharmaceutical companies.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2077

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
5/11/09  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to physician residency programs, including physicians shortage residency programs and oncology training in certain residency programs.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2146

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/09  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the annual allocation of certain constitutional funds to eligible agencies and institutions of higher education.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2240

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
5/1/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/12/09  
Out of House Committee
5/22/09  
Voted on by House
5/27/09  
Governor Action
6/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/28/09  
Relating to the financing of educational and related facilities by higher education facility authorities or nonprofit corporations performing the functions of those authorities and to the governance of certain higher education facility authorities.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2244

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/09  
Out of House Committee
5/18/09  
Voted on by House
5/26/09  
Governor Action
6/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/27/09  
Relating to the eligibility of employees of certain businesses or organizations established as part of the state's economic development program and of dependents of those employees to pay resident tuition at public institutions of higher education.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2245

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to eliminating certain reporting requirements of university systems and institutions of higher education.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2210

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/09  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the formula funding for public institutions of higher education for certain credit hours that do not count toward a degree.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2211

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to enrollment requirements for the operation of the University of North Texas at Dallas as a general academic teaching institution and the issuance of bonds for that institution.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2189

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the degrees awarded by the Texas State Technical College System.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2182

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/30/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/6/09  
Out of House Committee
5/18/09  
Voted on by House
5/26/09  
Governor Action
6/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/27/09  
Relating to an environmental service fee at public institutions of higher education.