---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the allocation and use of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education."
description: "Relating to the allocation and use of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 709"
citation: "Texas SB 709 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Finance (I0232)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)", "MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY (U2649)", "STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY (U0011)", "TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0079)", "TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY (U0214)", "TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM (U0010)", "TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE--FORT BEND (U0252)", "TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE--NORTH TEXAS (U0253)", "TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0080)", "TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0027)", "TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY (U0002)", "UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (U0442)", "UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS SYSTEM (U0050)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frullo", "Seliger", "Stucky", "Walle", "West", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1d7eda9-226e-49af-b98e-a6c0deec4483"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 709.xml"
source_hash: "b9784935c2d6811c9bfcece9465469c774d50adb2eaef6d0fcb7f6187b074613"
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 709 (86) — Relating to the allocation and use of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education.

## 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/SB00709I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **135–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frullo — primary (person)
- Seliger — primary (person)
- Stucky — primary (person)
- Walle — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **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** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **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 Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-23** Read
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1d7eda9-226e-49af-b98e-a6c0deec4483`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).