---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the participation of open-enrollment charter schools in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program."
description: "Relating to the participation of open-enrollment charter schools in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 346"
citation: "Texas SB 346 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutton", "Paxton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ac4fd3a-99df-4817-8d0e-9c6e08a73a97"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 346.xml"
source_hash: "0cd242988725616041fac2026f74acffeb77c93457c2985320a1a9fb995dbaf2"
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 346 (87) — Relating to the participation of open-enrollment charter schools in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program.

## 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/SB00346I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00346E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00346H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00346S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00346F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **123–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dutton — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-14** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-24** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-24** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-25** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-08** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-12** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-12** Record vote
- **2021-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Record vote
- **2021-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-14** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-27** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-03** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Record vote
- **2021-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-11** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-11** Read
- **2021-05-11** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-11** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-24** 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/5ac4fd3a-99df-4817-8d0e-9c6e08a73a97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).