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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the establishment of the Opportunity High School Diploma program."
+description: "Relating to the establishment of the Opportunity High School Diploma program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 2139"
+citation: "Texas SB 2139 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADULT EDUCATION (S0458)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Longoria", "Parker"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-09"
+last_action: "2023-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01c16a71-d65b-4e8f-8961-19f6577ee23c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2139.xml"
+source_hash: "2d44c1c82eda3fb7c569409c5215be65e27da46961b3e56bf39c5ca248f7fcbd"
+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 2139 (88) — Relating to the establishment of the Opportunity High School Diploma 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/SB02139I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02139E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02139H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02139S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02139F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **142–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Longoria — primary (person)
+- Parker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-21** Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-06** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
+- **2023-04-06** Considered by subcommittee
+- **2023-04-06** Reported from s/c favorably with substitute
+- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-12** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **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`
+- **2023-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-25** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-02** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-05-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-06** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-12** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-17** Record vote
+- **2023-05-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-17** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-19** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2023-05-19** Read
+- **2023-05-19** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-19** Record vote
+- **2023-05-19** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2023-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-18** 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/01c16a71-d65b-4e8f-8961-19f6577ee23c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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