--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program." description: "Relating to public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program." jurisdiction: "us/states/tx" legislature: "Texas Legislature" session: "88" identifier: "HB 8" citation: "Texas HB 8 (88)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["AUDITOR", "STATE (V4364)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Higher--Finance (I0232)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Higher--State Coordination (I0224)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM (S0541)", "Governor (I0375)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD (V0161)", "Legislature (I0520)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)", "SCHOLARSHIPS (S2123)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "Taxation--School District (I0785)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Buckley", "Creighton", "Kuempel", "Longoria", "VanDeaver"] version_count: 5 action_count: 56 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2023-02-28" last_action: "2023-06-09" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94e9431d-55e7-4199-9363-623230f253bc" source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 8.xml" source_hash: "23937cb151a6ca32f30e47b2cc68776dfa95c11c301aa711396f0543ec161af4" 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 8 (88) — Relating to public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program. ## 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/HB00008I.HTM) 2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00008E.HTM) 3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00008H.HTM) 4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00008S.HTM) 5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00008F.HTM) ## Votes - passage — **142–0** (pass) · upper - passage — **146–1** (pass) · lower - passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower - Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 8 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Bonnen — primary (person) - Buckley — primary (person) - Creighton — primary (person) - Kuempel — primary (person) - Longoria — primary (person) - VanDeaver — primary (person) - Allison — cosponsor (person) - Alvarado — cosponsor (person) - Anchía — cosponsor (person) - Anderson — cosponsor (person) - Ashby — cosponsor (person) - Bailes — cosponsor (person) - Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person) - Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person) - Bernal — cosponsor (person) - Bettencourt — cosponsor (person) - Bhojani — cosponsor (person) - Birdwell — cosponsor (person) - Blanco — cosponsor (person) - Bowers — cosponsor (person) - Bryant — cosponsor (person) - Bucy — cosponsor (person) - Bumgarner — cosponsor (person) - Burns — cosponsor (person) - Button — cosponsor (person) - Cain — cosponsor (person) - Capriglione — cosponsor (person) - Clardy — cosponsor (person) - Cole — cosponsor (person) - Cook — cosponsor (person) - Craddick — cosponsor (person) - Cunningham — cosponsor (person) - Darby — cosponsor (person) - Dean — cosponsor (person) - Dutton — cosponsor (person) - Eckhardt — cosponsor (person) - Flores — cosponsor (person) - Frazier — cosponsor (person) - Garcia — cosponsor (person) - Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person) - Goldman — cosponsor (person) - González, Jessica — cosponsor (person) - González, Mary — cosponsor (person) - Gámez — cosponsor (person) - Harless — cosponsor (person) - Harris, Caroline — cosponsor (person) - Hayes — cosponsor (person) - Hefner — cosponsor (person) - Hernandez — cosponsor (person) - Herrero — cosponsor (person) - Hinojosa — cosponsor (person) - Holland — cosponsor (person) - Hull — cosponsor (person) - Hunter — cosponsor (person) - Jetton — cosponsor (person) - Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person) - Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person) - Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person) - Kacal — cosponsor (person) - King, Ken — cosponsor (person) - King, Tracy O. — cosponsor (person) - Lalani — cosponsor (person) - Lambert — cosponsor (person) - Landgraf — cosponsor (person) - Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person) - Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person) - Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person) - Lozano — cosponsor (person) - Lujan — cosponsor (person) - Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person) - Menéndez — cosponsor (person) - Metcalf — cosponsor (person) - Meyer — cosponsor (person) - Meza — cosponsor (person) - Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person) - Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person) - Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person) - Morrison — cosponsor (person) - Murr — cosponsor (person) - Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person) - Neave Criado — cosponsor (person) - Noble — cosponsor (person) - Ordaz — cosponsor (person) - Orr — cosponsor (person) - Ortega — cosponsor (person) - Patterson — cosponsor (person) - Paul — cosponsor (person) - Paxton — cosponsor (person) - Perez — cosponsor (person) - Plesa — cosponsor (person) - Price — cosponsor (person) - Ramos — cosponsor (person) - Raney — cosponsor (person) - Raymond — cosponsor (person) - Rogers — cosponsor (person) - Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person) - Rosenthal — cosponsor (person) - Schaefer — cosponsor (person) - Shaheen — cosponsor (person) - Slawson — cosponsor (person) - Smith — cosponsor (person) - Smithee — cosponsor (person) - Spiller — cosponsor (person) - Stucky — cosponsor (person) - Talarico — cosponsor (person) - Tepper — cosponsor (person) - Thimesch — cosponsor (person) - Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person) - Troxclair — cosponsor (person) - Turner — cosponsor (person) - Walle — cosponsor (person) - West — cosponsor (person) - Wilson — cosponsor (person) - Wu — cosponsor (person) - Zaffirini — cosponsor (person) - Zwiener — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-28** Filed `filing` - **2023-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-03-01** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee` - **2023-03-20** Considered in public hearing - **2023-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution` - **2023-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee - **2023-03-20** Left pending in committee - **2023-03-21** Considered in formal meeting - **2023-03-21** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution` - **2023-03-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing` - **2023-03-27** Committee report distributed - **2023-03-28** Committee report sent to Calendars - **2023-04-06** Considered in Calendars - **2023-04-11** Placed on Major State Calendar - **2023-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2023-04-11** Passed to engrossment - **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-04-12** Passed `passage` - **2023-04-12** Record vote - **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed - **2023-04-12** Received from the House `introduction` - **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-05-01** Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres `referral-committee` - **2023-05-09** Considered by subcommittee - **2023-05-09** Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendments - **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized - **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing - **2023-05-16** Vote taken in committee - **2023-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized - **2023-05-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed - **2023-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized - **2023-05-19** Placed on intent calendar - **2023-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business - **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2` - **2023-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal - **2023-05-19** Three day rule suspended - **2023-05-19** Record vote - **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-05-19** Passed `passage` - **2023-05-19** Record vote - **2023-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage` - **2023-05-19** Senate Amendments distributed - **2023-05-19** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed - **2023-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s) - **2023-05-24** Record vote - **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2023-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s) - **2023-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported - **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` - **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature` - **2023-06-09** See remarks for effective date ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94e9431d-55e7-4199-9363-623230f253bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).