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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the issuance of posthumous high school diplomas to certain students."
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description: "Relating to the issuance of posthumous high school diplomas to certain students."
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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 638"
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citation: "Texas HB 638 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Capriglione", "Patterson", "Powell", "VanDeaver"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-03"
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last_action: "2019-05-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/534760d5-2dde-47f1-b4bf-50c33fae28c4"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 638.xml"
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source_hash: "a51972d8797427cd72fac6edc7d19f5170d04784fcb2e98c7d3481ef55663a44"
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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 638 (86) — Relating to the issuance of posthumous high school diplomas to certain students.
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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/HB00638I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
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- Capriglione — primary (person)
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- Patterson — primary (person)
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- Powell — primary (person)
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- VanDeaver — primary (person)
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- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-03** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-02-21** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-26** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-02-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2019-02-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2019-02-26** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-03-06** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2019-03-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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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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- **2019-03-21** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-03-26** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-03-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-26** Passed to engrossment
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- **2019-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-27** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-03-27** Record vote
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- **2019-03-27** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-04-01** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2019-04-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-02** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-07** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-09** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2019-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2019-05-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2019-05-13** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2019-05-13** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-13** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-05-13** Record vote
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- **2019-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-13** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-13** Record vote
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- **2019-05-13** Senate passage reported
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- **2019-05-13** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-14** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-23** 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/534760d5-2dde-47f1-b4bf-50c33fae28c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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