---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to creating an allotment under the Foundation School Program for school districts that allow non-enrolled students to participate in University Interscholastic League activities."
description: "Relating to creating an allotment under the Foundation School Program for school districts that allow non-enrolled students to participate in University Interscholastic League activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 3708"
citation: "Texas HB 3708 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Extracurricular Activities (I0247)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)", "FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM (S0541)", "UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE (S0337)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckley", "Cain", "Frank", "Paxton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ef374a3-4496-4dab-a132-263cae489053"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03700_HB03799/HB 3708.xml"
source_hash: "b8046178dca2b7be5c1a9c126525a1dfafa6731637b4d095ef98d879145d3563"
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 3708 (88) — Relating to creating an allotment under the Foundation School Program for school districts that allow non-enrolled students to participate in University Interscholastic League activities.

## 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/HB03708I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03708E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03708H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03708S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03708F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **117–21** (pass) · lower
- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Buckley — primary (person)
- Cain — primary (person)
- Frank — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-20** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-21** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-16** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-18** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-23** 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`
- **2023-06-17** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-17** 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/9ef374a3-4496-4dab-a132-263cae489053`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).