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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program."
+description: "Relating to public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 8"
+citation: "Texas HB 8 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AUDITOR", "STATE (V4364)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Higher--Finance (I0232)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Higher--State Coordination (I0224)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM (S0541)", "Governor (I0375)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD (V0161)", "Legislature (I0520)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)", "SCHOLARSHIPS (S2123)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "Taxation--School District (I0785)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Buckley", "Creighton", "Kuempel", "Longoria", "VanDeaver"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 56
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-02-28"
+last_action: "2023-06-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94e9431d-55e7-4199-9363-623230f253bc"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 8.xml"
+source_hash: "23937cb151a6ca32f30e47b2cc68776dfa95c11c301aa711396f0543ec161af4"
+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 HB 8 (88) — Relating to public higher education, including the public junior college state finance 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/88R/billtext/html/HB00008I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00008E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00008H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00008S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00008F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **146–1** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 8 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bonnen — primary (person)
+- Buckley — primary (person)
+- Creighton — primary (person)
+- Kuempel — primary (person)
+- Longoria — primary (person)
+- VanDeaver — primary (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
+- Anchía — cosponsor (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
+- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
+- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
+- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
+- Darby — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Dutton — cosponsor (person)
+- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
+- Flores — cosponsor (person)
+- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
+- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
+- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
+- Gámez — cosponsor (person)
+- Harless — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris, Caroline — cosponsor (person)
+- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Hull — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
+- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Tracy O. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
+- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
+- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
+- Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person)
+- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Meza — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Murr — cosponsor (person)
+- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Neave Criado — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Ordaz — cosponsor (person)
+- Orr — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
+- Perez — cosponsor (person)
+- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
+- Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Raney — cosponsor (person)
+- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
+- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
+- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
+- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner — cosponsor (person)
+- Walle — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Wu — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-28** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-01** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-03-20** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-03-21** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-03-21** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-03-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-03-27** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-03-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-04-06** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-04-11** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2023-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-11** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-12** Record vote
+- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-01** Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-09** Considered by subcommittee
+- **2023-05-09** Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendments
+- **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-16** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2023-05-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2023-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-19** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-19** Record vote
+- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-19** Record vote
+- **2023-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-19** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2023-05-19** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2023-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2023-05-24** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-09** See remarks for effective date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94e9431d-55e7-4199-9363-623230f253bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+