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Bill Relating to requiring certain institutions of higher education to issue reports on the transferability of credit. Relating to requiring certain institutions of higher education to issue reports on the transferability of credit. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 86 SB 502 Texas SB 502 (86)
bill
Education--Higher--General (I0231)
Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)
Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)
TRANSFER STUDENTS (S0251)
HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
TEXAS (V4280)
enacted
Howard
Seliger
1 57 1 2019-01-29 2019-06-14 openstates ocd-bill/8c09e669-d4bc-4eb6-ae0f-c4a1a8570c7b ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 502.xml 2c4661ece35b08ad3c1b1b91b4bb9db5bafc0ecef383e752c2a8f8c617a88595 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas SB 502 (86) — Relating to requiring certain institutions of higher education to issue reports on the transferability of credit.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source

Votes

  • passage — 1421 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Howard — primary (person)
  • Seliger — primary (person)
  • Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
  • Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-29 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing
  • 2019-01-29 Filed filing
  • 2019-02-14 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2019-02-14 Referred to Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2019-03-27 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2019-03-27 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-03-27 Left pending in committee
  • 2019-04-10 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 Co-author authorized
  • 2019-04-16 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2019-04-26 Co-author authorized
  • 2019-04-26 Placed on local & uncontested calendar
  • 2019-04-26 Laid before the Senate
  • 2019-04-26 Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
  • 2019-04-26 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-04-26 Three day rule suspended
  • 2019-04-26 Record vote
  • 2019-04-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2019-04-26 Passed passage
  • 2019-04-26 Record vote
  • 2019-04-26 Reported engrossed
  • 2019-04-26 Received from the Senate introduction
  • 2019-05-06 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2019-05-06 Referred to Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2019-05-07 Posting rule suspended
  • 2019-05-08 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-05-08 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2019-05-08 Left pending in committee
  • 2019-05-14 Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
  • 2019-05-14 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2019-05-14 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage
  • 2019-05-15 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  • 2019-05-15 Committee report distributed
  • 2019-05-16 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2019-05-19 Considered in Calendars
  • 2019-05-21 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2019-05-21 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2019-05-21 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2019-05-21 Passed to 3rd reading as amended
  • 2019-05-22 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2019-05-22 Passed passage
  • 2019-05-22 Record vote
  • 2019-05-22 House passage as amended reported
  • 2019-05-24 House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
  • 2019-05-24 Read
  • 2019-05-24 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
  • 2019-05-24 Record vote
  • 2019-05-24 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; origin ocd-bill/8c09e669-d4bc-4eb6-ae0f-c4a1a8570c7b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).