---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the issuance of a temporary teaching certificate to and requirements regarding educator certification for certain persons with experience as instructors for the Community College of the Air Force."
description: "Relating to the issuance of a temporary teaching certificate to and requirements regarding educator certification for certain persons with experience as instructors for the Community College of the Air Force."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 544"
citation: "Texas SB 544 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION", "STATE BOARD FOR (V0492)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Moody"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e89bd94-8501-4770-91d9-e66b490c5df0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 544.xml"
source_hash: "85c9f1eaad1d354390ac5cf3b0451968015cfc36dbe6e80a34e4281254016d65"
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 544 (88) — Relating to the issuance of a temporary teaching certificate to and requirements regarding educator certification for certain persons with experience as instructors for the Community College of the Air Force.

## 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/SB00544I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00544E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00544H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00544S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00544F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **138–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Co-author authorized
- **2023-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-12** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-19** Co-author authorized
- **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 Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-18** 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **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 as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-26** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-26** Read
- **2023-05-26** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-26** Record vote
- **2023-05-26** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** 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/9e89bd94-8501-4770-91d9-e66b490c5df0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).