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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to prohibiting a public institution of higher education from partnering with certain private entities for the construction of a student housing facility."
+description: "Relating to prohibiting a public institution of higher education from partnering with certain private entities for the construction of a student housing facility."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 718"
+citation: "Texas HB 718 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CONTRACTORS' LIENS (S0357)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Housing--Finance (I0407)", "Housing--General (I0405)", "Purchasing--General (I0642)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Parker"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 60
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-11-12"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f18edbd-1931-420b-af24-8c6bf0475877"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 718.xml"
+source_hash: "462657bf8559355747dc9fc5840e9c0eef96ecfcfdb0d483179368e8806ab968"
+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 718 (89R) — Relating to prohibiting a public institution of higher education from partnering with certain private entities for the construction of a student housing facility.
+
+## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB00718I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00718E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00718H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00718S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00718F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **136–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **137–9** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **136–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **131–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
+- Parker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-04** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-03-25** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-02** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-04-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-04-07** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-04-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-04-22** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-28** Postponed
+- **2025-04-29** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2025-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-29** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-29** Record vote
+- **2025-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-30** Record vote
+- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-30** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-01** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-22** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-05-22** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-23** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-29** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-30** Record vote
+- **2025-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-30** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-31** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f18edbd-1931-420b-af24-8c6bf0475877`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+