---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to education benefits at public institutions of higher education for certain survivors of public servants."
description: "Relating to education benefits at public institutions of higher education for certain survivors of public servants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "873"
identifier: "HB 133"
citation: "Texas HB 133 (873)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CALEB RULE'S LAW (PF7ER)", "Education--Higher--Tuition (I0233)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Jetton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-09-30"
last_action: "2021-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3569904b-6808-4234-b038-eff4e1a44ffa"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/873/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 133.xml"
source_hash: "cc291705e3774fe49d62399e718369fac85a24ef8a6cba02802d5e19caec1669"
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 HB 133 (873) — Relating to education benefits at public institutions of higher education for certain survivors of public servants.

## 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/873/billtext/html/HB00133I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/HB00133E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/HB00133H.HTM)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/HB00133F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Jetton — primary (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-30** Filed `filing`
- **2021-10-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-10-15** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-15** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2021-10-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-10-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-10-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-10-15** Committee report distributed
- **2021-10-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-10-16** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-10-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-10-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-10-17** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-10-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-10-17** Passed `passage`
- **2021-10-17** Record vote
- **2021-10-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-17** Reported engrossed
- **2021-10-18** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-10-18** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-10-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-10-18** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-18** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-10-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-10-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-10-18** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-18** Ordered not printed
- **2021-10-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-10-18** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-10-18** Record vote
- **2021-10-18** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-10-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-18** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-10-18** Record vote
- **2021-10-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-10-18** Passed `passage`
- **2021-10-18** Record vote
- **2021-10-18** Senate passage reported
- **2021-10-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-10-18** Signed in the House
- **2021-10-18** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-10-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-25** 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/3569904b-6808-4234-b038-eff4e1a44ffa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).