H.B. No. 3348 AN ACT relating to the number of baccalaureate degree programs certain public junior colleges may offer. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 130.306(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) A public junior college offering a baccalaureate degree program under this subchapter [Section 130.303(a)] may not offer more than five baccalaureate degree programs at any time. SECTION 2. Section 130.306(b), Education Code, is repealed. SECTION 3. 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, 2021. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3348 was passed by the House on April 20, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 122, Nays 24, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3348 was passed by the Senate on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 3. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor