---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Texas Mental Health Profession Pipeline Program by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board."
description: "Relating to the creation of the Texas Mental Health Profession Pipeline Program by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1401"
citation: "Texas SB 1401 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY COUNSELING & COUNSELORS (S0180)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "NURSES & NURSE AIDES (S2704)", "PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS (S0714)", "PSYCHOLOGISTS (S2025)", "SOCIAL WORK & SOCIAL WORKERS (S0030)", "TRANSFER STUDENTS (S0251)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis, Aicha", "Simmons", "Ward Johnson", "West"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa5a74df-ac40-4899-8f6f-b24415aa44de"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1401.xml"
source_hash: "a1373a50b656cf45158e38ca2417a0c76681784992c098a8901575daff1a13db"
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 1401 (89R) — Relating to the creation of the Texas Mental Health Profession Pipeline Program by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB01401I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01401E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01401H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01401S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01401F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **82–54** (pass) · lower
- passage — **79–58** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis, Aicha — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Ward Johnson — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-01** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-29** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-05** Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-05** Corrected comm. report distributed
- **2025-05-06** Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-23** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa5a74df-ac40-4899-8f6f-b24415aa44de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).