---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to an agreement between a school district and public institution of higher education to provide a dual credit program to high school students enrolled in the district."
description: "Relating to an agreement between a school district and public institution of higher education to provide a dual credit program to high school students enrolled in the district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1277"
citation: "Texas SB 1277 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Turner, John", "West"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84763e98-328c-4868-aeff-7af468647c5d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1277.xml"
source_hash: "d283b1c7201bd685d63227ac6786eba9d1aa345e88639599881db311231d3043"
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 1277 (87) — Relating to an agreement between a school district and public institution of higher education to provide a dual credit program to high school students enrolled in the district.

## 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/SB01277I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01277E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01277H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01277S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01277F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **108–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Turner, John — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — 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 Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-26** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-27** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-27** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-28** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-03** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-07** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-07** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2021-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** House passage reported
- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-30** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-30** 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/84763e98-328c-4868-aeff-7af468647c5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).