---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to providing public high school students information regarding the availability of college credit awarded for military experience, education, and training obtained during military service."
description: "Relating to providing public high school students information regarding the availability of college credit awarded for military experience, education, and training obtained during military service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 114"
citation: "Texas HB 114 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Dominguez", "Minjarez", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b05dbe6a-0e5a-40e8-b889-b3359b26f0fc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 114.xml"
source_hash: "f3dd4d2a903d29f6e93e5cf7b83ae049ee9f2c6af4ac6d1191648aea6b435d73"
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 114 (86) — Relating to providing public high school students information regarding the availability of college credit awarded for military experience, education, and training obtained during military service.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00114I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Dominguez — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** No action taken in committee
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-11** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-19** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-01** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-03** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-05** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-06** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-06** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b05dbe6a-0e5a-40e8-b889-b3359b26f0fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).