---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Woman's University System."
description: "Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Woman's University System."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1126"
citation: "Texas SB 1126 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY (U0002)", "TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY AT DALLAS (UW1PK)", "TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY AT HOUSTON (UE4X0)", "TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0043)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miles", "Springer", "Stucky"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86e09f71-ec30-40a4-acba-cc38f5f36cce"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1126.xml"
source_hash: "059f169585a53523e05991cb22517cd1b3dd79e2914560a9da6de5fdeccb41f5"
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 1126 (87) — Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Woman's University System.

## 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/SB01126I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01126E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01126H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01126S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01126F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **137–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miles — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Stucky — primary (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-31** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-06** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-12** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-19** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-06** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-07** Record vote
- **2021-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-10** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-13** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-13** Read
- **2021-05-13** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-26** 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/86e09f71-ec30-40a4-acba-cc38f5f36cce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).