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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to a requirement that online admission application forms for public institutions of higher education include a link to certain comparative gainful employment data."
+description: "Relating to a requirement that online admission application forms for public institutions of higher education include a link to certain comparative gainful employment data."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 277"
+citation: "Texas HB 277 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Creighton", "Murphy", "Oliverson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-11-12"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e35490e6-7783-4702-a21e-d8d8135568e2"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 277.xml"
+source_hash: "5e2053883255415d444fdd47314d0422b78518865b980c869b26de9c6a9681a2"
+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 277 (86) — Relating to a requirement that online admission application forms for public institutions of higher education include a link to certain comparative gainful employment data.
+
+## 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/HB00277I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Button — primary (person)
+- Creighton — primary (person)
+- Murphy — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-19** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-02-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-02-27** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-03-12** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-03-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-03-13** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-03-19** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-03-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-19** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-03-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-03-20** Record vote
+- **2019-03-20** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-03-21** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-27** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **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
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-20** 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`
+- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e35490e6-7783-4702-a21e-d8d8135568e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+