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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the accreditation of certain postsecondary educational institutions in this state or of certain programs offered by those institutions."
+description: "Relating to the accreditation of certain postsecondary educational institutions in this state or of certain programs offered by those institutions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 530"
+citation: "Texas SB 530 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Shofner", "Sparks"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-12-05"
+last_action: "2025-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17649e65-d350-4cd0-a018-99da5eda4a9f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 530.xml"
+source_hash: "39eb34a86945ded198f69d7dd1b4ab2c43b41fc1962b38fab23ceda2a3bb39ed"
+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 530 (89R) — Relating to the accreditation of certain postsecondary educational institutions in this state or of certain programs offered by those institutions.
+
+## 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/SB00530I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00530E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00530H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00530S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00530F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **114–28** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **108–26** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Shofner — primary (person)
+- Sparks — primary (person)
+- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
+- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
+- Holt — cosponsor (person)
+- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
+- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Louderback — cosponsor (person)
+- Olcott — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+- Virdell — cosponsor (person)
+- Wharton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2024-12-05** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-03** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-04-03** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-08** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-04-16** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2025-04-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-04-22** Record vote
+- **2025-04-22** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-22** Record vote
+- **2025-04-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-04-22** Record vote
+- **2025-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** Record vote
+- **2025-04-22** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-23** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-24** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-04-29** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-04-30** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2025-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-30** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-30** Record vote
+- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-01** Record vote
+- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-01** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-07** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2025-05-07** Read
+- **2025-05-07** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-07** Record vote
+- **2025-05-07** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2025-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-08** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-20** 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/17649e65-d350-4cd0-a018-99da5eda4a9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+