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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education."
+description: "Relating to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 2972"
+citation: "Texas SB 2972 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Leach"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 87
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2025-03-14"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9475867b-b651-4aa6-b6fd-fd55a3ae0beb"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02900_SB02999/SB 2972.xml"
+source_hash: "3b7a33e3e31af01f4b7fd71a3e3fc77c88a966b935a98c60be9a6ec394c217f1"
+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 2972 (89R) — Relating to expressive activities at 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/89R/billtext/html/SB02972I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02972E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02972H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02972S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02972F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **97–39** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **97–39** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **97–39** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **111–27** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Creighton — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- King — cosponsor (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-03-14** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-07** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-04-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-16** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-04-16** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-23** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-04-28** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-28** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2025-05-13** Co-author authorized
+- **2025-05-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-05-13** Record vote
+- **2025-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-13** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-13** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-13** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-13** Record vote
+- **2025-05-14** Co-author authorized
+- **2025-05-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-05-14** Record vote
+- **2025-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-14** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-14** Record vote
+- **2025-05-14** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-15** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-05-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-16** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-19** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-20** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-21** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-27** Postponed
+- **2025-05-27** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2025-05-27** Postponed
+- **2025-05-27** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Record vote
+- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Record vote
+- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Record vote
+- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2025-05-29** Read
+- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur
+- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee
+- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur-reported
+- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee-reported
+- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conference committee
+- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees
+- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2025-05-31** Conference committee report filed `filing`
+- **2025-05-31** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2025-06-01** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2025-06-01** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-01** Record vote
+- **2025-06-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-06-01** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2025-06-01** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-01** Record vote
+- **2025-06-01** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-06-02** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-06-03** 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/9475867b-b651-4aa6-b6fd-fd55a3ae0beb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+