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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to an agreement between a school district and public institution of higher education to provide a dual credit program to high school students enrolled in the district."
+description: "Relating to an agreement between a school district and public institution of higher education to provide a dual credit program to high school students enrolled in the district."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 1277"
+citation: "Texas SB 1277 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Turner, John", "West"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-09"
+last_action: "2021-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84763e98-328c-4868-aeff-7af468647c5d"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1277.xml"
+source_hash: "d283b1c7201bd685d63227ac6786eba9d1aa345e88639599881db311231d3043"
+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 1277 (87) — Relating to an agreement between a school district and public institution of higher education to provide a dual credit program to high school students enrolled in the district.
+
+## 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/SB01277I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01277E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01277H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01277S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01277F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **108–37** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Turner, John — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Miles — cosponsor (person)
+- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (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 Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-20** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-20** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-26** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-27** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-27** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-28** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-29** Record vote
+- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-29** Record vote
+- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-03** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-07** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-07** Vote reconsidered in committee
+- **2021-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-10** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2021-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-11** Record vote
+- **2021-05-11** 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`
+- **2021-05-30** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-30** 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/84763e98-328c-4868-aeff-7af468647c5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+