---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the advisory council on postsecondary education for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities."
description: "Relating to the creation of the advisory council on postsecondary education for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1017"
citation: "Texas SB 1017 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Higher--State Coordination (I0224)", "Governor (I0375)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guerra", "Guillen", "Longoria", "Muñoz, Jr.", "Powell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49e4384f-3652-4fd7-a008-2637da2804ec"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01000_SB01099/SB 1017.xml"
source_hash: "a951a20a15a711197f6a3d6687b336936de8d0112c2f40afa25d34fbef0fe953"
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 SB 1017 (86) — Relating to the creation of the advisory council on postsecondary education for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

## 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/SB01017I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guerra — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-08** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-10** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Point of order withdrawn
- **2019-05-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-21** Motion to table fails
- **2019-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Read
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-26** 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/49e4384f-3652-4fd7-a008-2637da2804ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).