---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the disposition by a public junior college library of certain library materials."
description: "Relating to the disposition by a public junior college library of certain library materials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 60"
citation: "Texas SB 60 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MATERIALS (SE35P)", "Libraries & Librarians (I0523)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dean", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/890acbd9-349f-47f1-a5d7-6d7909d5316d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 60.xml"
source_hash: "537bca69d412bba25d8f665044a235d8be9ce7e08f762aa1e105a4f51161872f"
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 60 (89R) — Relating to the disposition by a public junior college library of certain library materials.

## 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/SB00060I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00060E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00060H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00060S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00060F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dean — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-01** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-15** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-06** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-22** 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/890acbd9-349f-47f1-a5d7-6d7909d5316d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).