---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to educational programs provided by the Windham School District in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for certain inmates."
description: "Relating to educational programs provided by the Windham School District in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for certain inmates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 30"
citation: "Texas HB 30 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "TEXAS BOARD OF (V0740)", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8788)", "Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "WINDHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT (E0057)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Minjarez", "Murr", "Talarico", "White", "Whitmire", "Wu"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26a80a1e-040d-4780-abb0-5e5f6d66c2fc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 30.xml"
source_hash: "4449a056044beda6e095f6ff253d9f96610be6fbf64061739708c1d626d10db5"
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 30 (87) — Relating to educational programs provided by the Windham School District in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for certain inmates.

## 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/HB00030I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00030E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00030H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00030S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00030F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)
- Talarico — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-31** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-31** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-27** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-30** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-03** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-04** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Record vote
- **2021-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-09** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26a80a1e-040d-4780-abb0-5e5f6d66c2fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).