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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the administration of the governor's university research initiative."
+description: "Relating to the administration of the governor's university research initiative."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 1525"
+citation: "Texas SB 1525 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM OFFICE", "TEXAS (V1109)", "Economic & Industrial Development--General (I0214)", "Education--Higher--Finance (I0232)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "GOVERNOR'S UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVE ADVISORY BOARD (V791P)", "Governor (I0375)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)", "TEXAS EMERGING TECHNOLOGY FUND (S0652)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Parker"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-11"
+last_action: "2021-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/845be6a8-3a3d-43c0-b058-03f20531fb9f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1525.xml"
+source_hash: "ea767664fb0194dd80dc1c37c066a1989a80f101c200c405803d8c10f32dea53"
+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 1525 (87) — Relating to the administration of the governor's university research initiative.
+
+## 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/SB01525I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01525E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01525H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01525S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01525F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **128–15** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Creighton — primary (person)
+- Parker — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-24** 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
+- **2021-04-07** Co-author authorized
+- **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`
+- **2021-04-26** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-03** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-20** Record vote
+- **2021-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-20** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-07** 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/845be6a8-3a3d-43c0-b058-03f20531fb9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+