---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the accreditation of certain postsecondary educational institutions in this state or of certain programs offered by those institutions."
description: "Relating to the accreditation of certain postsecondary educational institutions in this state or of certain programs offered by those institutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 530"
citation: "Texas SB 530 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shofner", "Sparks"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-12-05"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17649e65-d350-4cd0-a018-99da5eda4a9f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 530.xml"
source_hash: "39eb34a86945ded198f69d7dd1b4ab2c43b41fc1962b38fab23ceda2a3bb39ed"
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 530 (89R) — Relating to the accreditation of certain postsecondary educational institutions in this state or of certain programs offered by those institutions.

## 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/SB00530I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00530E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00530H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00530S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00530F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- passage — **114–28** (pass) · lower
- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- passage — **108–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shofner — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)
- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Holt — cosponsor (person)
- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- Louderback — cosponsor (person)
- Olcott — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Virdell — cosponsor (person)
- Wharton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-12-05** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-08** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-22** Record vote
- **2025-04-22** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Record vote
- **2025-04-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-22** Record vote
- **2025-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Record vote
- **2025-04-22** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-23** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-24** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-30** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-30** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-01** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-07** Read
- **2025-05-07** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** 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/17649e65-d350-4cd0-a018-99da5eda4a9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).