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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to measures to facilitate the transfer, academic progress, and timely graduation of students in public higher education."
description: "Relating to measures to facilitate the transfer, academic progress, and timely graduation of students in public higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 25"
citation: "Texas SB 25 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "EDUCATION--HIGHER--CURRICULUM (S0257)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frullo", "Howard", "Stucky", "Turner, Chris", "Walle", "West"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/332ec4f2-f501-4dcb-bd73-ea9ad4c10039"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 25.xml"
source_hash: "9c3d69ae21c14b6ed0936f963390d65ceb1a711a338edad8a413e652997afd7e"
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 25 (86) — Relating to measures to facilitate the transfer, academic progress, and timely graduation of students in public higher education.
## 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/SB00025I.HTM)
## Votes
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
- passage — **1420** (pass) · lower
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Frullo — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Stucky — primary (person)
- Turner, Chris — primary (person)
- Walle — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Dutton — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Seliger — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-17** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-24** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-24** Record vote
- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Record vote
- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2019-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-23** Read
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/332ec4f2-f501-4dcb-bd73-ea9ad4c10039`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).