---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the award of grants by the Texas Workforce Commission to facilitate the participation of certain veterans and military personnel in apprenticeship training programs."
description: "Relating to the award of grants by the Texas Workforce Commission to facilitate the participation of certain veterans and military personnel in apprenticeship training programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 337"
citation: "Texas SB 337 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "Labor--General (I0500)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominguez", "Powell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/830de8e4-9bdd-4221-a7af-7233ed976dc8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 337.xml"
source_hash: "537b964f08283eb1350e8f79ed58c6b6274e8fe8c870495bc2dd2be4813e9236"
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 337 (87) — Relating to the award of grants by the Texas Workforce Commission to facilitate the participation of certain veterans and military personnel in apprenticeship training programs.

## 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/SB00337I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00337E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00337H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00337S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00337F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **114–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dominguez — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-13** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `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
- **2021-04-29** 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 Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-12** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-12** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** 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/830de8e4-9bdd-4221-a7af-7233ed976dc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).