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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the approval of certain private or independent institutions of higher education to participate in the tuition equalization grant program."
description: "Relating to the approval of certain private or independent institutions of higher education to participate in the tuition equalization grant program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1680"
citation: "Texas SB 1680 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Finance (I0232)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Higher--Private Schools (I0238)", "Education--Higher--Tuition (I0233)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rose", "West"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bb908fd-ff6f-471f-aef6-42b4fe78021f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1680.xml"
source_hash: "b971fcd425fb82e66162fe2e18aa37713cc3050b3371f26f16f742f85975fbbb"
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 1680 (86) — Relating to the approval of certain private or independent institutions of higher education to participate in the tuition equalization grant program.
## 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/SB01680I.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Rose — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-10** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-26** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Constitutional three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** House passage reported
- **2019-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** Effective immediately
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bb908fd-ff6f-471f-aef6-42b4fe78021f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).