---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to requiring the establishment of policy frameworks for research security at public institutions of higher education."
description: "Relating to requiring the establishment of policy frameworks for research security at public institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1565"
citation: "Texas SB 1565 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (S0135)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Paul"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34d2b088-5bdb-4fe2-a8a5-5f2e567cf0cf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1565.xml"
source_hash: "7a7c5d17e780f109acc69853b34d3e40feebf01f6adf2e8f44b6488a93f40ee2"
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 1565 (88) — Relating to requiring the establishment of policy frameworks for research security at public institutions of higher education.

## 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/SB01565I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01565E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01565H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01565S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01565F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **136–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2023-04-13** Considered by subcommittee
- **2023-04-13** Testimony taken in subcommittee
- **2023-04-13** Left pending in subcommittee
- **2023-04-17** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-17** Considered by subcommittee
- **2023-04-17** Reported from s/c favorably with substitute
- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-24** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-15** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-16** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-18** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-19** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-24** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-25** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** 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/34d2b088-5bdb-4fe2-a8a5-5f2e567cf0cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).