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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the allocation and use of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education."
+description: "Relating to the allocation and use of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 709"
+citation: "Texas SB 709 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Higher--Finance (I0232)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)", "MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY (U2649)", "STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY (U0011)", "TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0079)", "TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY (U0214)", "TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM (U0010)", "TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE--FORT BEND (U0252)", "TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE--NORTH TEXAS (U0253)", "TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0080)", "TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0027)", "TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY (U0002)", "UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (U0442)", "UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS SYSTEM (U0050)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Frullo", "Seliger", "Stucky", "Walle", "West", "Zerwas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-08"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1d7eda9-226e-49af-b98e-a6c0deec4483"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 709.xml"
+source_hash: "b9784935c2d6811c9bfcece9465469c774d50adb2eaef6d0fcb7f6187b074613"
+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 709 (86) — Relating to the allocation and use of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of 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/SB00709I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **135–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Frullo — primary (person)
+- Seliger — primary (person)
+- Stucky — primary (person)
+- Walle — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+- Zerwas — primary (person)
+- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Darby — cosponsor (person)
+- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
+- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales — cosponsor (person)
+- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
+- Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+- Wray — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-02-08** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-01** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-27** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-08** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-10** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-10** Record vote
+- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-10** Record vote
+- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-12** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-26** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-29** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-14** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-15** 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 on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1d7eda9-226e-49af-b98e-a6c0deec4483`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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