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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the use of individual graduation committees for certain high school students."
+description: "Relating to the use of individual graduation committees for certain high school students."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 999"
+citation: "Texas HB 999 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (S0134)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Testing (I0229)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bernal", "Guillen", "Menéndez", "Morales Shaw", "Patterson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 60
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2021-01-06"
+last_action: "2021-05-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7dd0405c-0d3e-48ff-b93e-5bf9949f5537"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 999.xml"
+source_hash: "54d2a48657c6cebdb42caee87ef0a6a9dc22dad05f8b3299d982116a2e458218"
+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 999 (87) — Relating to the use of individual graduation committees for certain high school students.
+
+## 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/HB00999I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00999E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00999H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00999S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00999F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **146–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bernal — primary (person)
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Menéndez — primary (person)
+- Morales Shaw — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-06** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-01** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-23** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-03-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-23** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-30** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-03-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-15** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-20** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-20** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-21** Record vote
+- **2021-04-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-21** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-21** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-04** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-18** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-25** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-25** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** 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** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-28** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-28** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-31** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
+- **2021-05-31** 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/7dd0405c-0d3e-48ff-b93e-5bf9949f5537`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+