---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a requirement that a public or private institution of higher education include a notation on a student's transcript under certain circumstances."
description: "Relating to a requirement that a public or private institution of higher education include a notation on a student's transcript under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 449"
citation: "Texas HB 449 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis, Sarah", "Neave", "Turner, Chris", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e5b154c-5ec2-4b76-86a7-75784f10b810"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 449.xml"
source_hash: "4efc0ed4b8dc090193eb7c73f2959a5a2c2ebf51df997d7c38063ba86f70b0c1"
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 449 (86) — Relating to a requirement that a public or private institution of higher education include a notation on a student's transcript under certain circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00449I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **79–67** (pass) · lower
- passage — **107–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis, Sarah — primary (person)
- Neave — primary (person)
- Turner, Chris — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **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** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Postponed
- **2019-04-17** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-04-17** Postponed
- **2019-04-17** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-04-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-03** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-15** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** 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/0e5b154c-5ec2-4b76-86a7-75784f10b810`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).