---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board."
description: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 702"
citation: "Texas SB 702 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Tuition (I0233)", "PREPAID HIGHER EDUCATION TUITION BOARD (V0107)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Hall", "Lucio", "Paddie", "Paxton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea6b0c11-e60d-4c8f-81eb-8f64187d3208"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 702.xml"
source_hash: "164a9e41f8017bc6c0ae761084eacb3124f5bf02a8ec6ca620361502e6cb08a9"
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 702 (87) — Relating to the continuation and functions of the Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board.

## 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/SB00702I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00702E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00702H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00702S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00702F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Lucio — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-22** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** 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
- **2021-03-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-31** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-06** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-06** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-06** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-06** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-06** Record vote
- **2021-04-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Record vote
- **2021-04-06** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-07** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-12** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-27** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-18** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** House passage reported
- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** 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/ea6b0c11-e60d-4c8f-81eb-8f64187d3208`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).