---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of individual graduation committees and other alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements."
description: "Relating to the use of individual graduation committees and other alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1603"
citation: "Texas HB 1603 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Testing (I0229)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huberty", "Seliger", "Spiller"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 60
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79481a20-24c0-4c93-834e-615bd52db8e1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1603.xml"
source_hash: "b0dd701932c5a04d52f8e1b086c4000aa6f57648fcda73ffd9c40416f2a1808c"
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 HB 1603 (87) — Relating to the use of individual graduation committees and other alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01603I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01603E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01603H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01603S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01603F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **145–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Huberty — primary (person)
- Seliger — primary (person)
- Spiller — primary (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Nichols — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-16** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-12** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Record vote
- **2021-04-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-13** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-04** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79481a20-24c0-4c93-834e-615bd52db8e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).