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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the tenure and employment of faculty members at certain public institutions of higher education."
+description: "Relating to the tenure and employment of faculty members at certain public institutions of higher education."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 18"
+citation: "Texas SB 18 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Higher--Faculty (I0236)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Creighton", "Flores", "King", "Kolkhorst", "Kuempel", "Middleton", "Parker", "Paxton", "Schwertner", "Sparks", "Springer"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 113
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2023-03-10"
+last_action: "2023-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dea06a60-0b68-4bc2-8d8b-62bbf0aff5e4"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 18.xml"
+source_hash: "4ff2596a4109997bd0341904075c35c326f07b64df0342c6d92ac77ba909baaf"
+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 18 (88) — Relating to the tenure and employment of faculty members at certain public institutions of higher education.
+
+## 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/SB00018I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00018E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00018H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00018S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00018F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 — **0–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **18–11** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **83–61** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **85–59** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **18–11** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **18–11** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Campbell — primary (person)
+- Creighton — primary (person)
+- Flores — primary (person)
+- King — primary (person)
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+- Kuempel — primary (person)
+- Middleton — primary (person)
+- Parker — primary (person)
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+- Schwertner — primary (person)
+- Sparks — primary (person)
+- Springer — primary (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-13** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-28** Referred to s/c on Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
+- **2023-03-30** Considered by subcommittee
+- **2023-03-30** Testimony taken in subcommittee
+- **2023-03-30** Left pending in subcommittee
+- **2023-04-03** Considered by subcommittee
+- **2023-04-03** Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendments
+- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-05** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-13** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-04-13** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-04-18** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-04-19** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-04-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2023-04-20** Record vote
+- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-20** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Record vote
+- **2023-04-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2023-04-20** Record vote
+- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Record vote
+- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-28** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-08** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-05-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-05-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-12** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-16** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-16** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-18** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2023-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-18** Point of order sustained
+- **2023-05-18** Returned to committee
+- **2023-05-18** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-18** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-05-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-20** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-22** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-22** Postponed
+- **2023-05-22** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2023-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-05-22** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
+- **2023-05-22** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
+- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-22** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
+- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
+- **2023-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-23** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-23** Record vote
+- **2023-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-23** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2023-05-25** Read
+- **2023-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
+- **2023-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
+- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2023-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
+- **2023-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
+- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2023-05-27** Senate discharges conferees
+- **2023-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-27** Record vote
+- **2023-05-27** Senate discharges conferees-reported
+- **2023-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-17** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-17** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dea06a60-0b68-4bc2-8d8b-62bbf0aff5e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+