Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

House Higher Education Committee Bills & Legislation

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Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4361

Relating to off-campus workforce education or lower-division programs offered by a public institution of higher education at the request of an employer.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB347

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the governing board of the Trinity Valley Community College District.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB901

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a student election to select the athletics nickname of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
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Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4494

Relating to the purchase of iron and steel products made in the United States for certain projects by public institutions of higher education.
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Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4500

Relating to the protection of expressive rights of student organizations at public institutions of higher education.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2431

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to the participation of public state colleges in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program.
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Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2573

Relating to the inclusion in the definition of a medical and dental unit of the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin and the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and the participation of those schools in the Joint Admission Medical Program.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2498

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to an exemption from or refund of tuition and fees for lower-division students enrolled in a general academic teaching institution who maintain a high grade point average.
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Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1323

Relating to requiring certain students awarded dual credit by a public institution of higher education to complete and submit a financial aid application for higher education costs.
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Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2000

Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds to fund capital projects at certain public institutions of higher education.
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Texas 2013 - 83rd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB533

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to a review of cost savings to state agencies and institutions of higher education under energy savings performance contracts.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB18

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to measures to support or enhance graduate medical education in this state, including the transfer of certain assets from the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association to the permanent fund supporting graduate medical education and the authority of the association to issue new policies.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB918

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds to fund capital projects at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB921

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to limitations on increases in fees and designated tuition charged by public institutions of higher education.
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Texas 2013 - 83rd Regular

Texas House Bill HB774

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to applying credit earned by a student at a general academic teaching institution to an associate's degree at a lower-division institution of higher education previously attended by the student.