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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to authorizing equal opportunity for access by non-enrolled students to University Interscholastic League sponsored activities; authorizing a fee."
+description: "Relating to authorizing equal opportunity for access by non-enrolled students to University Interscholastic League sponsored activities; authorizing a fee."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 547"
+citation: "Texas HB 547 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Extracurricular Activities (I0247)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Home Schooling (I0248)", "UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE (S0337)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Dutton", "Frank", "González, Mary", "Huberty", "Paxton"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 79
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-11-12"
+last_action: "2021-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71508daa-c334-40a8-8ba5-250ba6c855eb"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 547.xml"
+source_hash: "d67c7fdfed7f9868d1dd9ab955a3365ed890dce238bf85957110fe3d33f0acb9"
+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 547 (87) — Relating to authorizing equal opportunity for access by non-enrolled students to University Interscholastic League sponsored activities; authorizing a fee.
+
+## 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/HB00547I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00547E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00547H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00547S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00547F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **78–65** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **24–6** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **80–64** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **18–12** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **80–63** (pass) · lower
+- other — **80–63** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burrows — primary (person)
+- Dutton — primary (person)
+- Frank — primary (person)
+- González, Mary — primary (person)
+- Huberty — primary (person)
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
+- Krause — cosponsor (person)
+- Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-01** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-09** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-23** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-23** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-01** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-05** Point of order withdrawn
+- **2021-05-05** Recommitted to committee
+- **2021-05-06** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-06** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-12** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-12** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
+- **2021-05-12** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-05-12** Record vote
+- **2021-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-12** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-12** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
+- **2021-05-12** Amendment adopted as amended
+- **2021-05-12** Record vote
+- **2021-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-12** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-05-12** Record vote
+- **2021-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-13** Record vote
+- **2021-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-13** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-14** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-23** 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
+- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71508daa-c334-40a8-8ba5-250ba6c855eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+