---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the filing of a degree plan by students at public institutions of higher education."
description: "Relating to the filing of a degree plan by students at public institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1324"
citation: "Texas SB 1324 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor", "Turner, Chris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d106810-7e46-4102-9060-008367dfa33f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1324.xml"
source_hash: "e76e353ce25e1b078c8de84b981ca6e08c0312be86f7aad2ee69506b8f4c140d"
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 1324 (86) — Relating to the filing of a degree plan by students at public institutions of higher education.

## 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/SB01324I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **136–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)
- Turner, Chris — primary (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Seliger — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-27** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-27** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-01** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-03** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-03** Record vote
- **2019-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Record vote
- **2019-04-03** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** House passage reported
- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d106810-7e46-4102-9060-008367dfa33f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).