Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Senate Higher Education Committee Bills & Legislation

TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB811

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
3/23/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/2/09  
Out of House Committee
4/27/09  
Voted on by House
5/5/09  
Governor Action
5/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/6/09  
Relating to authorizing the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System to transfer the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts to a nonprofit organization to operate the museum.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1600

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/30/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/5/09  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to an interim study on the creation of a data collection to track specialized technology research projects conducted by public universities, public university research facilities, and other state institutions.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1728

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/20/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/27/09  
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 administration of and eligibility for the Joint Admissions Medical Program.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1729

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/30/09  
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 terms of student members of certain Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board advisory committees.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1735

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/20/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/30/09  
Out of House Committee
5/21/09  
Voted on by House
5/27/09  
Governor Action
6/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/30/09  
Relating to providing police and security services for certain post-secondary educational institutions.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1760

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/22/09  
Out of House Committee
5/18/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/29/09  
Relating to the administration of the Texas Save and Match Program to assist qualifying beneficiaries under the state's prepaid tuition plans and college savings plans and to the treatment of a beneficiary's assets under prepaid tuition plans and college savings plans in determining eligibility for student financial assistance and other assistance programs.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1764

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/29/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/5/09  
Out of House Committee
5/22/09  
Voted on by House
5/27/09  
Governor Action
6/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/30/09  
Relating to the dissemination of information regarding the cost of attending public and private institutions of higher education and regarding the availability of financial aid to assist in paying that cost.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1765

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to financial assistance funded from the amounts of certain fees charged to students enrolled at public institutions of higher education.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB819

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/20/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/09  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of certain first-time students at public and private or independent institutions of higher education.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB845

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/15/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/7/09  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the tuition and fee exemption available to certain military personnel and their dependents and to permitting those personnel to transfer the exemption to a child.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB847

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
3/23/09  
Voted on by Senate
3/31/09  
Out of House Committee
5/5/09  
Voted on by House
5/20/09  
Governor Action
6/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/21/09  
Relating to applicability of fee exemptions for military personnel and their children to certain course fees charged by public technical institutes and public state colleges.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2007

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/29/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/1/09  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to Prairie View A&M University's eligibility to participate in the research development fund.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2025

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/14/09  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the establishment of a prepaid tuition unit reward and incentive program for certain economically disadvantaged students who achieve commended performance levels on standardized assessments.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2045

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/22/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/27/09  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain constitutionally dedicated funds allocated to the Lamar Institute of Technology and to the administration of that institution.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2046

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/20/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/28/09  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to requiring criminal history background checks for employees of public institutions of higher education.