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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Relating to the automatic admission to general academic teaching institutions and eligibility for certain scholarships of a student who is the valedictorian of the student's high school graduating class. Relating to the automatic admission to general academic teaching institutions and eligibility for certain scholarships of a student who is the valedictorian of the student's high school graduating class. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 86 HB 539 Texas HB 539 (86)
bill
Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)
Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)
SCHOLARSHIPS (S2123)
enacted
Ashby
Kolkhorst
Leman
Nevárez
Springer
Stucky
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legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas HB 539 (86) — Relating to the automatic admission to general academic teaching institutions and eligibility for certain scholarships of a student who is the valedictorian of the student's high school graduating class.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source

Votes

  • passage — 1470 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Ashby — primary (person)
  • Kolkhorst — primary (person)
  • Leman — primary (person)
  • Nevárez — primary (person)
  • Springer — primary (person)
  • Stucky — primary (person)
  • Allison — cosponsor (person)
  • Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
  • Bailes — cosponsor (person)
  • Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
  • Bernal — cosponsor (person)
  • Buckley — cosponsor (person)
  • Burns — cosponsor (person)
  • Button — cosponsor (person)
  • Cain — cosponsor (person)
  • Clardy — cosponsor (person)
  • Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
  • Dutton — cosponsor (person)
  • Frank — cosponsor (person)
  • González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
  • Guillen — cosponsor (person)
  • Harless — cosponsor (person)
  • Harris — cosponsor (person)
  • Hefner — cosponsor (person)
  • Holland — cosponsor (person)
  • Huberty — cosponsor (person)
  • King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
  • Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
  • Lang — cosponsor (person)
  • Lozano — cosponsor (person)
  • Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
  • Meyer — cosponsor (person)
  • Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
  • Murr — cosponsor (person)
  • Patterson — cosponsor (person)
  • Raney — cosponsor (person)
  • Sanford — cosponsor (person)
  • Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
  • Smith — cosponsor (person)
  • Talarico — cosponsor (person)
  • VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
  • White — cosponsor (person)
  • Wray — cosponsor (person)
  • Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-12-17 Filed filing
  • 2019-02-20 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2019-02-20 Referred to Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2019-02-27 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-02-27 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2019-02-27 Left pending in committee
  • 2019-03-06 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-03-06 Committee substitute considered in committee
  • 2019-03-06 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-11 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  • 2019-03-12 Committee report distributed
  • 2019-03-12 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2019-03-13 Considered in Calendars
  • 2019-03-27 Considered in Calendars
  • 2019-04-02 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2019-04-02 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2019-04-02 Passed to engrossment
  • 2019-04-03 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2019-04-03 Passed passage
  • 2019-04-03 Record vote
  • 2019-04-03 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-04-03 Reported engrossed
  • 2019-04-04 Received from the House introduction
  • 2019-04-08 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2019-04-08 Referred to Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2019-05-08 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2019-05-08 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-05-08 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2019-05-08 Left pending in committee
  • 2019-05-16 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2019-05-16 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-05-19 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-05-19 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2019-05-19 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2019-05-22 Placed on local & uncontested calendar
  • 2019-05-22 Laid before the Senate
  • 2019-05-22 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
  • 2019-05-22 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-05-22 Three day rule suspended
  • 2019-05-22 Record vote
  • 2019-05-22 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2019-05-22 Passed passage
  • 2019-05-22 Record vote
  • 2019-05-23 Senate passage reported
  • 2019-05-24 Reported enrolled
  • 2019-05-26 Signed in the House
  • 2019-05-27 Signed in the Senate
  • 2019-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2019-06-10 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2019-06-10 Effective immediately

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/715d8e9d-28fc-4fc7-969c-f750632642c1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).