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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to services provided for students at public institutions of higher education who are or were in foster care."
+description: "Relating to services provided for students at public institutions of higher education who are or were in foster care."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 1702"
+citation: "Texas HB 1702 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Human Services--Child Services (I0895)", "FOSTER CARE (S0064)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Frank", "Hancock", "Howard", "Minjarez", "Stucky"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-12"
+last_action: "2019-05-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c780a4d-b42b-468e-a107-1194e3864f46"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1702.xml"
+source_hash: "d6099070eba6756659ccb96f96f41e214e2867a58e2468cca9bc39dcc64faaf4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 1702 (86) — Relating to services provided for students at public institutions of higher education who are or were in foster care.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01702I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **127–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Frank — primary (person)
+- Hancock — primary (person)
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- Minjarez — primary (person)
+- Stucky — primary (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
+- Watson — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-04** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-26** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-01** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-15** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-16** Record vote
+- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-16** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-17** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-01** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-01** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-29** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c780a4d-b42b-468e-a107-1194e3864f46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+