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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the participation of open-enrollment charter schools in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program."
+description: "Relating to the participation of open-enrollment charter schools in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 346"
+citation: "Texas SB 346 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dutton", "Paxton"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-14"
+last_action: "2021-05-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ac4fd3a-99df-4817-8d0e-9c6e08a73a97"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 346.xml"
+source_hash: "0cd242988725616041fac2026f74acffeb77c93457c2985320a1a9fb995dbaf2"
+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 346 (87) — Relating to the participation of open-enrollment charter schools in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program.
+
+## 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/SB00346I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00346E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00346H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00346S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00346F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **123–20** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dutton — primary (person)
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-01-14** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-09** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-24** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-03-24** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-25** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-08** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-12** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-12** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-12** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-12** Record vote
+- **2021-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-12** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Record vote
+- **2021-04-12** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-14** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-21** Vote reconsidered in committee
+- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-27** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-03** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2021-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-03** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-04** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2021-05-04** Record vote
+- **2021-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-05** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-11** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-11** Read
+- **2021-05-11** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-11** Record vote
+- **2021-05-11** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-11** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-12** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-12** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-24** 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/5ac4fd3a-99df-4817-8d0e-9c6e08a73a97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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