---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of individual graduation committees for certain high school students."
description: "Relating to the use of individual graduation committees for certain high school students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 999"
citation: "Texas HB 999 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (S0134)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Testing (I0229)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernal", "Guillen", "Menéndez", "Morales Shaw", "Patterson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 60
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7dd0405c-0d3e-48ff-b93e-5bf9949f5537"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 999.xml"
source_hash: "54d2a48657c6cebdb42caee87ef0a6a9dc22dad05f8b3299d982116a2e458218"
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 999 (87) — Relating to the use of individual graduation committees for certain high school students.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB00999I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00999E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00999H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00999S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00999F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **146–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bernal — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)
- Morales Shaw — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-23** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-23** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-30** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-21** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-21** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-28** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-28** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-31** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-05-31** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7dd0405c-0d3e-48ff-b93e-5bf9949f5537`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).