---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to authorizing a wellness and success center fee at the University of Houston-Downtown."
description: "Relating to authorizing a wellness and success center fee at the University of Houston-Downtown."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1277"
citation: "Texas HB 1277 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Student Fees (I0234)", "UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (U0442)", "UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-DOWNTOWN (U0035)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miles", "Perez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b87722b0-1537-4c44-b776-8e44e1602a98"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1277.xml"
source_hash: "ee7f0594c5811faf1e36f29c675ff2d822f514650a155d366e172249d713ca8d"
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 1277 (86) — Relating to authorizing a wellness and success center fee at the University of Houston-Downtown.

## 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/HB01277I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **123–19** (fail) · upper
- passage — **123–19** (pass) · lower
- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Miles — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-27** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Record vote
- **2019-04-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b87722b0-1537-4c44-b776-8e44e1602a98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).