---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to financial support and incentives for comprehensive regional universities."
description: "Relating to financial support and incentives for comprehensive regional universities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1295"
citation: "Texas SB 1295 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DROPOUTS & AT-RISK STUDENTS (S0088)", "Education--Higher--Finance (I0232)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Coleman", "Creighton", "Morrison", "Pacheco", "Wilson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c623ca4-2263-4b5a-9313-45d73f365f85"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1295.xml"
source_hash: "08cef46023b27540688634d9d160b986b043721a145fb9ff8ff6aa0faf7e12f4"
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 1295 (87) — Relating to financial support and incentives for comprehensive regional universities.

## 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/SB01295I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01295E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01295H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01295S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01295F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **119–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Coleman — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Morrison — primary (person)
- Pacheco — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- King, Tracy O. — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — 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
- **2021-04-07** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-13** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-14** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-19** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-21** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-21** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-22** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-26** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-06** 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
- **2021-05-11** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-12** Record vote
- **2021-05-12** 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 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/3c623ca4-2263-4b5a-9313-45d73f365f85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).