---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to establishing the Higher Education Research Security Council."
description: "Relating to establishing the Higher Education Research Security Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1273"
citation: "Texas SB 1273 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Higher--State Coordination (I0224)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH SECURITY COUNCIL (V20ZM)", "RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (S0135)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)", "TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0079)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Wilson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dccce7e-b1f3-4a74-aa69-399a31b526f6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1273.xml"
source_hash: "892992631723bfdc21ce37b16956fc0fa780fd4b5af4d2cfbef99453fab0ef38"
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 1273 (89R) — Relating to establishing the Higher Education Research Security Council.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB01273I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01273E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01273H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01273S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01273F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–5** (pass) · lower
- passage — **29–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-25** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-31** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-02** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-10** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-05** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-05** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-06** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-12** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-12** Read
- **2025-05-12** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-12** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-14** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-27** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3dccce7e-b1f3-4a74-aa69-399a31b526f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).