---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to eligibility requirements for student loan repayment assistance for certain mental health professionals."
description: "Relating to eligibility requirements for student loan repayment assistance for certain mental health professionals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2100"
citation: "Texas HB 2100 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "STUDENT LOANS (S0036)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Price", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b36cdae2-62af-458b-b5b9-503af615e230"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02100_HB02199/HB 2100.xml"
source_hash: "3bcd4f2634fc6b7955551ea4a841c7aebd1807d46936609474133b2ad6747806"
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 2100 (88) — Relating to eligibility requirements for student loan repayment assistance for certain mental health professionals.

## 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/HB02100I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02100E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02100H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02100S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02100F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **120–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Price — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-05** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-05** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-13** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-14** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-20** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-11** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-23** 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`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** 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/b36cdae2-62af-458b-b5b9-503af615e230`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).