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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to a requirement that online admission application forms for public institutions of higher education include a link to certain comparative gainful employment data."
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description: "Relating to a requirement that online admission application forms for public institutions of higher education include a link to certain comparative gainful employment data."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "86"
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identifier: "HB 277"
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citation: "Texas HB 277 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Creighton", "Murphy", "Oliverson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 46
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-11-12"
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last_action: "2019-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e35490e6-7783-4702-a21e-d8d8135568e2"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 277.xml"
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source_hash: "5e2053883255415d444fdd47314d0422b78518865b980c869b26de9c6a9681a2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 277 (86) — Relating to a requirement that online admission application forms for public institutions of higher education include a link to certain comparative gainful employment data.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00277I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Button — primary (person)
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- Creighton — primary (person)
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- Murphy — primary (person)
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- Oliverson — primary (person)
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- Cain — cosponsor (person)
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- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
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- Toth — cosponsor (person)
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- White — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-02-19** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-27** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-02-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2019-02-27** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-03-12** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-03-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-03-13** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-03-19** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-03-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-19** Passed to engrossment
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- **2019-03-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-20** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-03-20** Record vote
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- **2019-03-20** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-03-21** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2019-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-27** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2019-05-01** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
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- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-05-20** Record vote
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- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-20** Record vote
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- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
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- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e35490e6-7783-4702-a21e-d8d8135568e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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