---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the transfer of certain appropriations to the Texas Education Agency and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and the adjustment of appropriations for public school finance."
description: "Relating to the transfer of certain appropriations to the Texas Education Agency and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and the adjustment of appropriations for public school finance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "851"
identifier: "HB 30"
citation: "Texas HB 30 (851)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)", "Retirement Systems--Teachers (I0726)", "State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM (S0541)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Giddings", "Guerra", "Huberty", "Nelson", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 69
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-07-26"
last_action: "2017-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8568c298-380d-4bd2-ae34-c8bd22301791"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/851/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 30.xml"
source_hash: "a2162eef90d09e1422724d2c487584a5785e6b9f6917190db77bad9095a00b03"
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 30 (851) — Relating to the transfer of certain appropriations to the Texas Education Agency and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and the adjustment of appropriations for public school finance.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/851/billtext/html/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB00030I.htm)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/851/billtext/html/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB00030E.htm)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/851/billtext/html/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB00030H.htm)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/851/billtext/html/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB00030S.htm)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/851/billtext/html/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB00030F.htm)

## Sponsors

- Giddings — primary (person)
- Guerra — primary (person)
- Huberty — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Villalba — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-26** Filed `filing`
- **2017-07-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-07-26** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-26** Posting rule suspended
- **2017-07-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2017-07-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2017-07-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2017-07-31** Committee report distributed
- **2017-07-31** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2017-08-01** Considered in Calendars
- **2017-08-04** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2017-08-02** Calendars Committee rule adopted
- **2017-08-02** Record vote
- **2017-08-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2017-08-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2017-08-04** Passed to engrossment
- **2017-08-04** Record vote
- **2017-08-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2017-08-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2017-08-07** Passed `passage`
- **2017-08-07** Record vote
- **2017-08-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2017-08-07** Reported engrossed
- **2017-08-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2017-08-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-08-12** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-08-12** Posting rule suspended
- **2017-08-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2017-08-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2017-08-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2017-08-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-08-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2017-08-14** Laid before the Senate
- **2017-08-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2017-08-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-08-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-08-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2017-08-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-08-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-08-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2017-08-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-08-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-08-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2017-08-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-08-14** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2017-08-14** Record vote
- **2017-08-14** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2017-08-14** Record vote
- **2017-08-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2017-08-15** Record vote
- **2017-08-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2017-08-15** Passed `passage`
- **2017-08-15** Record vote
- **2017-08-15** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2017-08-15** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2017-08-15** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2017-08-15** 1 hr. notice-to suspend rules
- **2017-08-15** Rules suspended
- **2017-08-15** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2017-08-15** Record vote
- **2017-08-15** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2017-08-15** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2017-08-15** Reported enrolled
- **2017-08-15** Signed in the House
- **2017-08-15** Signed in the Senate
- **2017-08-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-16** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8568c298-380d-4bd2-ae34-c8bd22301791`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).