---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment of the Opportunity High School Diploma program."
description: "Relating to the establishment of the Opportunity High School Diploma program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2139"
citation: "Texas SB 2139 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADULT EDUCATION (S0458)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Longoria", "Parker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01c16a71-d65b-4e8f-8961-19f6577ee23c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2139.xml"
source_hash: "2d44c1c82eda3fb7c569409c5215be65e27da46961b3e56bf39c5ca248f7fcbd"
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 2139 (88) — Relating to the establishment of the Opportunity High School Diploma 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/SB02139I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02139E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02139H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02139S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02139F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **142–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Longoria — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2023-04-06** Considered by subcommittee
- **2023-04-06** Reported from s/c favorably with substitute
- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-02** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-19** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-19** Read
- **2023-05-19** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01c16a71-d65b-4e8f-8961-19f6577ee23c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).