---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to dropout recovery education programs."
description: "Relating to dropout recovery education programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1647"
citation: "Texas SB 1647 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS (S0283)", "DROPOUTS & AT-RISK STUDENTS (S0088)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Parker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58a20026-8976-4f88-9aa4-2fe7e8f90c7b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1647.xml"
source_hash: "726368743590c469d8f75bdd00d4a52cfa964425302d5eaf63fa2f4be848b212"
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 1647 (88) — Relating to dropout recovery education programs.

## 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/SB01647I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01647E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01647H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01647S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01647F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- passage — **93–47** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hefner — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-27** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-02** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-02** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-02** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-03** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-21** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** 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/58a20026-8976-4f88-9aa4-2fe7e8f90c7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).