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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to requiring certain institutions of higher education to enter into an agreement to offer undergraduate courses in Texas History."
+description: "Relating to requiring certain institutions of higher education to enter into an agreement to offer undergraduate courses in Texas History."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 427"
+citation: "Texas SB 427 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EDUCATION--HIGHER--CURRICULUM (S0257)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Higher--State Coordination (I0224)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["González, Mary", "Kolkhorst"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-12"
+last_action: "2023-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f18c944-0372-44c0-971f-0be0daf9ca5d"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 427.xml"
+source_hash: "532753dcb0ff528e908dd7264dec897cd1ae33da72d42a0ab5c1716346dc1155"
+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 427 (88) — Relating to requiring certain institutions of higher education to enter into an agreement to offer undergraduate courses in Texas History.
+
+## 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/SB00427I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00427E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00427H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00427S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00427F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **134–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- González, Mary — primary (person)
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-15** Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-13** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
+- **2023-04-13** Considered by subcommittee
+- **2023-04-13** Left pending in subcommittee
+- **2023-04-17** Considered by subcommittee
+- **2023-04-17** Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendments
+- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-19** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-04** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-05-15** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-16** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-18** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-19** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-05-24** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-25** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-25** 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`
+- **2023-06-18** 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/0f18c944-0372-44c0-971f-0be0daf9ca5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+