---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of an inclusive sports program by the University Interscholastic League to provide students with intellectual disabilities access to team sports."
description: "Relating to the creation of an inclusive sports program by the University Interscholastic League to provide students with intellectual disabilities access to team sports."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 776"
citation: "Texas SB 776 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Amusements", "Games", "Sports (I0034)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Extracurricular Activities (I0247)", "UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE (S0337)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominguez", "Guillen", "Lucio", "Lucio III", "Martinez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/574f9100-18fd-4225-a550-26b9ddcfa1e5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 776.xml"
source_hash: "588e594f924514dd8645939ff6f1fb9fa7b7dd704722f32121bcd10e91c22ba1"
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 776 (87) — Relating to the creation of an inclusive sports program by the University Interscholastic League to provide students with intellectual disabilities access to team sports.

## 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/SB00776I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00776E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00776H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00776S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00776F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dominguez — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Lucio — primary (person)
- Lucio III — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **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
- **2021-04-28** Co-author authorized
- **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 Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-18** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** House passage reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** 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/574f9100-18fd-4225-a550-26b9ddcfa1e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).