---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of the skills development fund by certain entities and a study and report regarding the effectiveness of that fund."
description: "Relating to the use of the skills development fund by certain entities and a study and report regarding the effectiveness of that fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 700"
citation: "Texas HB 700 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "Libraries & Librarians (I0523)", "TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXTENSION SERVICE (U0235)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)", "WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS (V0136)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Powell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 79
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94d16d49-3252-4d97-9d33-1656346d3a4e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 700.xml"
source_hash: "2354a1e6238f00031379d4bb2b908587bd09fa78f828c1f6b298647e307fd9a8"
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 700 (86) — Relating to the use of the skills development fund by certain entities and a study and report regarding the effectiveness of that fund.

## 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/HB00700I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- other — **111–28** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-15** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-17** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2019-05-17** House requests conference committee
- **2019-05-17** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-19** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-19** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-19** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2019-05-20** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-20** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-25** Corrected Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Corrected Conference Committee Report distributed
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** 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 on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94d16d49-3252-4d97-9d33-1656346d3a4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).