By: Powell S.B. No. 1860 (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2021; March 26, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education; April 22, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 22, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to creating an electronic application system for state student financial assistance. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2, Chapter 801 (H.B. 2140), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply beginning with applications for state student financial assistance submitted for the 2023-2024 [2022-2023] academic year. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. * * * * *