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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to measures to facilitate the transfer, academic progress, and timely graduation of students in public higher education."
+description: "Relating to measures to facilitate the transfer, academic progress, and timely graduation of students in public higher education."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 25"
+citation: "Texas SB 25 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "EDUCATION--HIGHER--CURRICULUM (S0257)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Frullo", "Howard", "Stucky", "Turner, Chris", "Walle", "West"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 57
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-03-07"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/332ec4f2-f501-4dcb-bd73-ea9ad4c10039"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 25.xml"
+source_hash: "9c3d69ae21c14b6ed0936f963390d65ceb1a711a338edad8a413e652997afd7e"
+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 SB 25 (86) — Relating to measures to facilitate the transfer, academic progress, and timely graduation of students in public higher education.
+
+## 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/SB00025I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Frullo — primary (person)
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- Stucky — primary (person)
+- Turner, Chris — primary (person)
+- Walle — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+- Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Dutton — cosponsor (person)
+- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Eric — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
+- Powell — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
+- Seliger — cosponsor (person)
+- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
+- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Wu — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-07** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-03-27** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-17** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-23** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-24** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-24** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-24** Record vote
+- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-24** Record vote
+- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-29** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-05-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-16** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-21** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** House passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-23** Read
+- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/332ec4f2-f501-4dcb-bd73-ea9ad4c10039`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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