---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to establishing the Texas Commission on Community College Finance."
description: "Relating to establishing the Texas Commission on Community College Finance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1230"
citation: "Texas SB 1230 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY COLLEGE FINANCE", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (VH9NA)", "Education--Higher--Finance (I0232)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "Governor (I0375)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "Legislature (I0520)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pacheco", "Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88c8a836-7270-4d29-9b3a-ed3b600d9cf5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1230.xml"
source_hash: "e758efb05691eb8c75252a1107c8918589b75a92d437c65dd9c5fbba239d5a7c"
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 1230 (87) — Relating to establishing the Texas Commission on Community College Finance.

## 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/SB01230I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01230E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01230H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01230S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01230F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **119–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pacheco — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-09** 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
- **2021-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-20** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-21** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-23** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-23** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-23** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-23** Record vote
- **2021-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-23** Record vote
- **2021-04-23** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-23** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-26** 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
- **2021-05-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-07** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-07** 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 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/88c8a836-7270-4d29-9b3a-ed3b600d9cf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).