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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to student success-based funding recommendations for certain continuing workforce education courses offered by public junior colleges."
+description: "Relating to student success-based funding recommendations for certain continuing workforce education courses offered by public junior colleges."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 959"
+citation: "Texas SB 959 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Higher--Tuition (I0233)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Romero, Jr.", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-03"
+last_action: "2021-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf21dea6-49fe-454d-bd51-fa65584cb054"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 959.xml"
+source_hash: "aab5921f211a984400339ad97ee5fd081b2d1ac4b5829606003f55b80274a38e"
+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 959 (87) — Relating to student success-based funding recommendations for certain continuing workforce education courses offered by public junior colleges.
+
+## 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/SB00959I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00959E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00959H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00959S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00959F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **120–26** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Romero, Jr. — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** 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
+- **2021-03-31** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-13** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-14** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-14** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-14** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-14** Record vote
+- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-14** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-14** Record vote
+- **2021-04-14** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-15** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-19** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-29** 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
+- **2021-05-19** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-27** Read
+- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-27** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-14** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf21dea6-49fe-454d-bd51-fa65584cb054`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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