---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the automatic admission of students with a nontraditional secondary education to certain public institutions of higher education."
description: "Relating to the automatic admission of students with a nontraditional secondary education to certain public institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 3993"
citation: "Texas HB 3993 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Private (I0239)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Lopez, Janie", "Middleton", "Paul"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84158ac8-97e0-4bab-b7e3-73806915614f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03900_HB03999/HB 3993.xml"
source_hash: "c4df765c9f3c37e72be41a722f9a806cca3821744d469cb5abc027258b150ba7"
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 3993 (88) — Relating to the automatic admission of students with a nontraditional secondary education to certain 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://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03993I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03993E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03993H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03993S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03993F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **106–40** (pass) · lower
- passage — **113–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Lopez, Janie — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-10** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-25** Record vote
- **2023-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Record vote
- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-27** Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Considered by subcommittee
- **2023-05-02** Reported from s/c with no recommendation
- **2023-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-08** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84158ac8-97e0-4bab-b7e3-73806915614f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).