---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to an occupational and life skills associate degree program offered by the Lone Star College System District."
description: "Relating to an occupational and life skills associate degree program offered by the Lone Star College System District."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3165"
citation: "Texas HB 3165 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "EDUCATION--HIGHER--CURRICULUM (S0257)", "LONE STAR COLLEGE SYSTEM DISTRICT (U0259)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernal", "Button", "Creighton", "Howard", "Oliverson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c5e4164-5b0b-4941-a950-182451ebd03a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03100_HB03199/HB 3165.xml"
source_hash: "a741db88b3ede911fd3b419e94d92d0d1a4f2f518ce11c61919e03e7b0389451"
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 3165 (86) — Relating to an occupational and life skills associate degree program offered by the Lone Star College System District.

## 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/HB03165I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **134–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bernal — primary (person)
- Button — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-10** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Record vote
- **2019-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-19** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c5e4164-5b0b-4941-a950-182451ebd03a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).