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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the public high school graduation credit requirements for a language other than English."
description: "Relating to the public high school graduation credit requirements for a language other than English."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 678"
citation: "Texas HB 678 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "SIGN LANGUAGE & SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS (S6114)", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF (V0086)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["González, Mary", "Guillen", "Powell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8c98f1a-ac91-4477-bf42-8ac8a9a44977"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 678.xml"
source_hash: "d56e83c9d86411c10fbaa919745a1c4f5fd9eb0d370681cacd262abd9430ff28"
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 HB 678 (86) — Relating to the public high school graduation credit requirements for a language other than English.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00678I.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1460** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-02-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-02-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-06** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **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
- **2019-04-01** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Record vote
- **2019-04-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8c98f1a-ac91-4477-bf42-8ac8a9a44977`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).