---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to establishing a digital course materials pilot program."
description: "Relating to establishing a digital course materials pilot program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2177"
citation: "Texas HB 2177 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOKS (S0535)", "Education--Higher--State Coordination (I0224)", "Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)", "Education--Higher--Textbooks (I0258)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LaMantia", "Stucky"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/467cc127-1edb-4085-8773-ad2ea38e0962"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02100_HB02199/HB 2177.xml"
source_hash: "cf9ea479931181317d8e957de797e5cc92ff0c2b3cfa007cc1b913d692b54080"
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 2177 (88) — Relating to establishing a digital course materials pilot 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/HB02177I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02177E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02177H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02177S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02177F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **113–32** (pass) · lower
- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LaMantia — primary (person)
- Stucky — primary (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-17** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-17** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-26** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-26** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** Considered by subcommittee
- **2023-05-12** Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendments
- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-18** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **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`
- **2023-05-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-10** 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/467cc127-1edb-4085-8773-ad2ea38e0962`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).