---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to services provided for students at public institutions of higher education who are or were in foster care."
description: "Relating to services provided for students at public institutions of higher education who are or were in foster care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1702"
citation: "Texas HB 1702 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Human Services--Child Services (I0895)", "FOSTER CARE (S0064)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank", "Hancock", "Howard", "Minjarez", "Stucky"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c780a4d-b42b-468e-a107-1194e3864f46"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1702.xml"
source_hash: "d6099070eba6756659ccb96f96f41e214e2867a58e2468cca9bc39dcc64faaf4"
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 1702 (86) — Relating to services provided for students at public institutions of higher education who are or were in foster care.

## 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/HB01702I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **127–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frank — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Stucky — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **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** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-01** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-16** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c780a4d-b42b-468e-a107-1194e3864f46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).