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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the use of individual graduation committees and other alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements."
+description: "Relating to the use of individual graduation committees and other alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 1603"
+citation: "Texas HB 1603 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Testing (I0229)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Huberty", "Seliger", "Spiller"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 60
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-02-04"
+last_action: "2021-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79481a20-24c0-4c93-834e-615bd52db8e1"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1603.xml"
+source_hash: "b0dd701932c5a04d52f8e1b086c4000aa6f57648fcda73ffd9c40416f2a1808c"
+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 1603 (87) — Relating to the use of individual graduation committees and other alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01603I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01603E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01603H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01603S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01603F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **145–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Huberty — primary (person)
+- Seliger — primary (person)
+- Spiller — primary (person)
+- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
+- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
+- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
+- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
+- Miles — cosponsor (person)
+- Nichols — cosponsor (person)
+- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
+- Perry — cosponsor (person)
+- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-04** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-09** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-16** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-03-26** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-09** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-12** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-12** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-13** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-13** Record vote
+- **2021-04-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-13** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-13** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-13** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-03** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-04** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-18** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-18** Record vote
+- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-18** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-18** Record vote
+- **2021-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-25** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-07** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79481a20-24c0-4c93-834e-615bd52db8e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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