---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the abolition of the B-On-time student loan account and the allocation of funds remaining in that account."
description: "Relating to the abolition of the B-On-time student loan account and the allocation of funds remaining in that account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1504"
citation: "Texas SB 1504 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)", "DROPOUTS & AT-RISK STUDENTS (S0088)", "STUDENT LOANS (S0036)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thierry", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 60
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ba21e53-b2a7-4493-bc15-7cbe78830cad"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1504.xml"
source_hash: "41aebd2ff7ffb1f04624e93f228b99ae2ab582c47307b5a46f4ffb1f062eb984"
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 1504 (86) — Relating to the abolition of the B-On-time student loan account and the allocation of funds remaining in that account.

## 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/SB01504I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–7** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thierry — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-17** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-24** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-30** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-30** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-30** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-30** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** No action taken in committee
- **2019-05-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-17** 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-21** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **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/2ba21e53-b2a7-4493-bc15-7cbe78830cad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).