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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the requirements for a junior college district to receive approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer baccalaureate degree programs."
+description: "Relating to the requirements for a junior college district to receive approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer baccalaureate degree programs."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 885"
+citation: "Texas HB 885 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EDUCATION--HIGHER--CURRICULUM (S0257)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "NAVARRO COLLEGE (E0179)", "NURSES & NURSE AIDES (S2704)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Dominguez", "Ellzey", "Harris"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-12-18"
+last_action: "2021-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fa4f68f-7b94-4e14-b6ce-8b6a5a90bcdf"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 885.xml"
+source_hash: "4a2a6c01b5625cb5388f5a0482f5c2125d2238b0d47f83561d0b2ede0d04ce0d"
+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 885 (87) — Relating to the requirements for a junior college district to receive approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer baccalaureate degree programs.
+
+## 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/HB00885I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00885E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00885H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00885S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00885F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **144–1** (pass) · lower
+- other — **144–1** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Birdwell — primary (person)
+- Dominguez — primary (person)
+- Ellzey — primary (person)
+- Harris — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-18** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-01** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-18** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-03-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-06** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-07** 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`
+- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-14** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **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`
+- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-15** 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/8fa4f68f-7b94-4e14-b6ce-8b6a5a90bcdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+