---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the compensation and professional representation of student athletes participating in intercollegiate athletic programs at certain institutions of higher education."
description: "Relating to the compensation and professional representation of student athletes participating in intercollegiate athletic programs at certain institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1385"
citation: "Texas SB 1385 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATHLETE AGENTS (S8726)", "Amusements", "Games", "Sports (I0034)", "Education--Higher--Athletics (I0256)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Higher--Private Schools (I0238)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Gervin-Hawkins", "Huberty", "Krause", "Murphy"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 72
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1da5bfd7-ffac-4d1b-9e8d-790f65c3c265"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1385.xml"
source_hash: "f5372045aa8f873ca73d8920713f314e86fe26806877b4b33fbe841921360130"
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 1385 (87) — Relating to the compensation and professional representation of student athletes participating in intercollegiate athletic programs at certain institutions of higher education.

## 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/SB01385I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01385E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01385H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01385S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01385F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **117–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
- Huberty — primary (person)
- Krause — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-07** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-08** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-12** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-20** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-21** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-22** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-22** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-22** Record vote
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-22** Record vote
- **2021-04-22** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-22** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-06** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-11** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-20** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2021-05-20** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-23** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-28** Read
- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1da5bfd7-ffac-4d1b-9e8d-790f65c3c265`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).