---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the assessment of public school students, the establishment of a strong foundations grant program, and providing accelerated instruction for students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments."
description: "Relating to the assessment of public school students, the establishment of a strong foundations grant program, and providing accelerated instruction for students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 4545"
citation: "Texas HB 4545 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Accountability (I0007)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Testing (I0229)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM (S0541)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutton", "Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 74
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-12"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/461872b3-c95e-4196-9f07-4c41c3439f5f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04500_HB04599/HB 4545.xml"
source_hash: "35b5c447e822a976f32ac3af28494c192edfcd8ab2c6efaa6ebc357239e31062"
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 4545 (87) — Relating to the assessment of public school students, the establishment of a strong foundations grant program, and providing accelerated instruction for students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments.

## 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/HB04545I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04545E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04545H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04545S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04545F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **104–41** (pass) · lower
- other — **104–41** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **82–63** (pass) · lower
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dutton — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-06** 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`
- **2021-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-10** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-11** Failed to pass
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Motion to reconsider spread on the Journal
- **2021-05-12** 1 legislative day notice-to call from Journal
- **2021-05-13** Vote reconsidered
- **2021-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-13** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-13** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-14** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-17** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-21** No action taken in committee
- **2021-05-22** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** 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/461872b3-c95e-4196-9f07-4c41c3439f5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).