---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding enrollment and success in higher education for students with disabilities."
description: "Relating to a report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding enrollment and success in higher education for students with disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 769"
citation: "Texas SB 769 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["González, Mary", "Manuel", "Menéndez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51b731e8-8095-40b3-9015-bf41e9c105fb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 769.xml"
source_hash: "2f2ef8da732ab04f8d8346365c3dd3d5d6e1f964d4acad338b12574c1660482b"
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 769 (89R) — Relating to a report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding enrollment and success in higher education for students with disabilities.

## 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/SB00769I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00769E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00769H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00769S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00769F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **95–49** (pass) · lower
- passage — **97–43** (pass) · lower
- passage — **28–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Manuel — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Co-author authorized
- **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
- **2025-04-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-16** 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`
- **2025-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-29** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-07** Read
- **2025-05-07** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-07** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** 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/51b731e8-8095-40b3-9015-bf41e9c105fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).