---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment of a new open-enrollment charter school campus by certain charter holders and to the expansion of an open-enrollment charter school."
description: "Relating to the establishment of a new open-enrollment charter school campus by certain charter holders and to the expansion of an open-enrollment charter school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2102"
citation: "Texas HB 2102 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldman", "Paxton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/087dcf92-fe8d-4b3e-9596-375ba1eb8b9f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02100_HB02199/HB 2102.xml"
source_hash: "f7fcf51765572a8e14979105e15625b4beaab97d88dc0bb244592ab5b142a7d8"
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 2102 (88) — Relating to the establishment of a new open-enrollment charter school campus by certain charter holders and to the expansion of an open-enrollment charter school.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB02102I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02102E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02102H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02102S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02102F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **106–39** (pass) · lower
- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **103–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goldman — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-18** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-08** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-08** Record vote
- **2023-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-11** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-17** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-18** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-18** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-24** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/087dcf92-fe8d-4b3e-9596-375ba1eb8b9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).