---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to excluding certain students from the computation of dropout and completion rates for purposes of public school accountability."
description: "Relating to excluding certain students from the computation of dropout and completion rates for purposes of public school accountability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 330"
citation: "Texas HB 330 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Accountability (I0007)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "DROPOUTS & AT-RISK STUDENTS (S0088)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Hughes", "VanDeaver"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-13"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19a1e5be-f832-4bd4-ae2b-718be091a954"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 330.xml"
source_hash: "f87f0c0ffae461015e09f320745411a818b4c8eaf3296c50a5a44e4a8b059c2b"
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 330 (86) — Relating to excluding certain students from the computation of dropout and completion rates for purposes of public school accountability.

## 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/HB00330I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- VanDeaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-13** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-02-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-02-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-06** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-12** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-03-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-03-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-19** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-03-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-20** Record vote
- **2019-03-20** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-21** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Not again placed on intent 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/19a1e5be-f832-4bd4-ae2b-718be091a954`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).