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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the use of the skills development fund by certain entities and a study and report regarding the effectiveness of that fund."
+description: "Relating to the use of the skills development fund by certain entities and a study and report regarding the effectiveness of that fund."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 700"
+citation: "Texas HB 700 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "Libraries & Librarians (I0523)", "TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXTENSION SERVICE (U0235)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)", "WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS (V0136)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Powell"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 79
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-01-09"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94d16d49-3252-4d97-9d33-1656346d3a4e"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 700.xml"
+source_hash: "2354a1e6238f00031379d4bb2b908587bd09fa78f828c1f6b298647e307fd9a8"
+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 700 (86) — Relating to the use of the skills development fund by certain entities and a study and report regarding the effectiveness of that fund.
+
+## 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/HB00700I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
+- other — **111–28** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Powell — primary (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-21** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-18** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-02** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-15** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2019-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2019-04-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-26** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-26** Record vote
+- **2019-04-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-29** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-05-14** Record vote
+- **2019-05-14** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-14** Record vote
+- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-14** Record vote
+- **2019-05-14** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-17** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
+- **2019-05-17** House requests conference committee
+- **2019-05-17** House appoints conferees
+- **2019-05-19** House refuses to concur-reported
+- **2019-05-19** House requests conference committee-reported
+- **2019-05-19** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2019-05-20** Senate grants request for conference comm.
+- **2019-05-20** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2019-05-20** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2019-05-20** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2019-05-25** Corrected Conference committee report filed
+- **2019-05-25** Corrected Conference Committee Report distributed
+- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2019-05-26** Record vote
+- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2019-05-26** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2019-05-26** Record vote
+- **2019-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-29** 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/94d16d49-3252-4d97-9d33-1656346d3a4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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