---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the inclusion of certain information in postsecondary education and career counseling academies developed for certain school counselors and other postsecondary advisors employed by a school district."
description: "Relating to the inclusion of certain information in postsecondary education and career counseling academies developed for certain school counselors and other postsecondary advisors employed by a school district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 504"
citation: "Texas SB 504 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS (S0714)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beckley", "Seliger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3124dcaf-0efd-42c1-a07a-1c9240bb025c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 504.xml"
source_hash: "132e33de7b5ea266c578b40f0f41544bd2670e9e01a3cd6c78d7cd41b87278b9"
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 504 (86) — Relating to the inclusion of certain information in postsecondary education and career counseling academies developed for certain school counselors and other postsecondary advisors employed by a school district.

## 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/SB00504I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Beckley — primary (person)
- Seliger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-29** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-10** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-16** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-17** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** 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** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3124dcaf-0efd-42c1-a07a-1c9240bb025c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).