---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the issuance of posthumous high school diplomas to certain students."
description: "Relating to the issuance of posthumous high school diplomas to certain students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 638"
citation: "Texas HB 638 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Capriglione", "Patterson", "Powell", "VanDeaver"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/534760d5-2dde-47f1-b4bf-50c33fae28c4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 638.xml"
source_hash: "a51972d8797427cd72fac6edc7d19f5170d04784fcb2e98c7d3481ef55663a44"
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 638 (86) — Relating to the issuance of posthumous high school diplomas to certain students.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00638I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)
- VanDeaver — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-02-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-02-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-02-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-06** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-12** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-03-21** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-03-26** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-03-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Record vote
- **2019-03-27** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-09** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-13** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-13** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-13** Record vote
- **2019-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-13** Record vote
- **2019-05-13** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-23** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/534760d5-2dde-47f1-b4bf-50c33fae28c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).