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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to authorizing certain joint graduate degree programs between The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center."
+description: "Relating to authorizing certain joint graduate degree programs between The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 1251"
+citation: "Texas SB 1251 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON (U0059)", "UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER (U0009)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, Ann", "Miles"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-09"
+last_action: "2021-05-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c623fdec-ee05-4758-81b2-b524a9173f9c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1251.xml"
+source_hash: "2b89a1afeb070b9c6f4fc7ed4453ccf314bea85b640360098dd68bb2758dccc5"
+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 SB 1251 (87) — Relating to authorizing certain joint graduate degree programs between The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
+
+## 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/SB01251I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01251E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01251H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01251S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01251F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **112–13** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Johnson, Ann — primary (person)
+- Miles — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-18** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-12** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-13** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-13** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-13** Record vote
+- **2021-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-13** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-13** Record vote
+- **2021-04-13** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-16** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-19** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-27** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-13** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-13** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-14** Record vote
+- **2021-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-18** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-19** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-28** 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/c623fdec-ee05-4758-81b2-b524a9173f9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+