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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to formula funding for certain nonresident students enrolled at Lamar State College--Orange."
+description: "Relating to formula funding for certain nonresident students enrolled at Lamar State College--Orange."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 646"
+citation: "Texas SB 646 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Education--Higher--Finance (I0232)", "Education--Higher--Tuition (I0233)", "LAMAR STATE COLLEGE--ORANGE (U0007)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kuempel", "Nichols"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-27"
+last_action: "2023-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b1e78af-610e-464d-8646-206eb555c600"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 646.xml"
+source_hash: "c1d8a8b2f66a331a01ac2b8b9abe22dfdf71e35e0cc852b7707a880d3e52d144"
+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 646 (88) — Relating to formula funding for certain nonresident students enrolled at Lamar State College--Orange.
+
+## 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/SB00646I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00646E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00646H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00646S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00646F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **122–21** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kuempel — primary (person)
+- Nichols — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-27** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-17** Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres `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** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-06** 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
+- **2023-04-20** 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** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-05-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-12** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-15** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-05-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-05-19** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-19** Record vote
+- **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-23** 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/5b1e78af-610e-464d-8646-206eb555c600`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+