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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to an exemption from the assessment requirements of the Texas Success Initiative for students who achieve a certain score on a high school equivalency examination."
+description: "Relating to an exemption from the assessment requirements of the Texas Success Initiative for students who achieve a certain score on a high school equivalency examination."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 1891"
+citation: "Texas HB 1891 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Testing (I0229)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Powell", "Stucky"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-15"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23f5f0b7-e1fa-47b5-8327-a0b7d2ae327c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01800_HB01899/HB 1891.xml"
+source_hash: "9f05f05079fef06f56bf9b9a1182fe85048a0eb5cb046e5a4953e31a9befc382"
+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 1891 (86) — Relating to an exemption from the assessment requirements of the Texas Success Initiative for students who achieve a certain score on a high school equivalency examination.
+
+## 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/HB01891I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **136–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Powell — primary (person)
+- Stucky — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-15** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-05** 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`
+- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-21** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-21** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-21** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-21** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23f5f0b7-e1fa-47b5-8327-a0b7d2ae327c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+