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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the assessment of public school students, the establishment of a strong foundations grant program, and providing accelerated instruction for students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments."
+description: "Relating to the assessment of public school students, the establishment of a strong foundations grant program, and providing accelerated instruction for students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 4545"
+citation: "Texas HB 4545 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Accountability (I0007)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Testing (I0229)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM (S0541)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dutton", "Taylor"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 74
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-03-12"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/461872b3-c95e-4196-9f07-4c41c3439f5f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04500_HB04599/HB 4545.xml"
+source_hash: "35b5c447e822a976f32ac3af28494c192edfcd8ab2c6efaa6ebc357239e31062"
+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 4545 (87) — Relating to the assessment of public school students, the establishment of a strong foundations grant program, and providing accelerated instruction for students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments.
+
+## 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/HB04545I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04545E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04545H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04545S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04545F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **104–41** (pass) · lower
+- other — **104–41** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **82–63** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dutton — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-29** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-30** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-10** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-11** Failed to pass
+- **2021-05-11** Record vote
+- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-11** Motion to reconsider spread on the Journal
+- **2021-05-12** 1 legislative day notice-to call from Journal
+- **2021-05-13** Vote reconsidered
+- **2021-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-13** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2021-05-13** Record vote
+- **2021-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-13** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-14** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-17** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-21** No action taken in committee
+- **2021-05-22** Posting rule suspended
+- **2021-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-22** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-27** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-27** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-27** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-27** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-16** 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/461872b3-c95e-4196-9f07-4c41c3439f5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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