---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the administration by the Texas Workforce Commission of a workforce diploma pilot program."
description: "Relating to the administration by the Texas Workforce Commission of a workforce diploma pilot program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1055"
citation: "Texas SB 1055 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Vocational (I0240)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "ADULT EDUCATION (S0458)", "TECHNICAL EDUCATION (S0453)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Frullo", "Longoria", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9923f935-c95f-4493-9d1d-d144775d9083"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01000_SB01099/SB 1055.xml"
source_hash: "357725de853cb484298a12ee6580178791b3af6840cfb74e6b631b4e1f728bdf"
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 1055 (86) — Relating to the administration by the Texas Workforce Commission of a workforce diploma pilot program.

## 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/SB01055I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **131–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Frullo — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-25** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-25** Record vote
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Record vote
- **2019-04-25** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-02** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-06** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-07** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-13** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-13** Read
- **2019-05-13** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-13** Record vote
- **2019-05-13** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** 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/9923f935-c95f-4493-9d1d-d144775d9083`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).