---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to authorizing certain joint graduate degree programs between The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center."
description: "Relating to authorizing certain joint graduate degree programs between The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1251"
citation: "Texas SB 1251 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON (U0059)", "UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER (U0009)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, Ann", "Miles"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c623fdec-ee05-4758-81b2-b524a9173f9c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1251.xml"
source_hash: "2b89a1afeb070b9c6f4fc7ed4453ccf314bea85b640360098dd68bb2758dccc5"
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 1251 (87) — Relating to authorizing certain joint graduate degree programs between The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

## 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/SB01251I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01251E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01251H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01251S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01251F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **112–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson, Ann — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-13** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-13** Record vote
- **2021-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Record vote
- **2021-04-13** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-16** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-27** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-13** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** House passage reported
- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-28** 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/c623fdec-ee05-4758-81b2-b524a9173f9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).