---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to requiring foreign language credit opportunities for students enrolled in study abroad components or programs offered by certain institutions of higher education in this state."
description: "Relating to requiring foreign language credit opportunities for students enrolled in study abroad components or programs offered by certain institutions of higher education in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2431"
citation: "Texas SB 2431 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION--HIGHER--CURRICULUM (S0257)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Howard"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-13"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c38afec-4e52-4928-b365-dfb875055506"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02400_SB02499/SB 2431.xml"
source_hash: "d47ab952499940c27e87c1186e6f3ef0703a27f53fa552ae175c931828abf4ff"
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 2431 (89R) — Relating to requiring foreign language credit opportunities for students enrolled in study abroad components or programs offered by certain institutions of higher education in this state.

## 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/SB02431I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02431E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02431H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02431S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02431F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **76–60** (pass) · lower
- passage — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- passage — **82–55** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-08** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-13** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-19** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-19** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-22** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-31** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-31** Read
- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/9c38afec-4e52-4928-b365-dfb875055506`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).