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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to requiring certain institutions of higher education to issue reports on the transferability of credit."
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description: "Relating to requiring certain institutions of higher education to issue reports on the transferability of credit."
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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: "SB 502"
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citation: "Texas SB 502 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "TRANSFER STUDENTS (S0251)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Seliger"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 57
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-29"
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last_action: "2019-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c09e669-d4bc-4eb6-ae0f-c4a1a8570c7b"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 502.xml"
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source_hash: "2c4661ece35b08ad3c1b1b91b4bb9db5bafc0ecef383e752c2a8f8c617a88595"
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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 SB 502 (86) — Relating to requiring certain institutions of higher education to issue reports on the transferability of credit.
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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/SB00502I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **142–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Howard — primary (person)
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- Seliger — primary (person)
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- Schwertner — cosponsor (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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- **2019-01-29** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2019-01-29** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-02-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-02-14** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-27** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-04-15** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-04-16** Co-author authorized
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- **2019-04-16** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2019-04-26** Co-author authorized
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- **2019-04-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-04-26** Laid before the Senate
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- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
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- **2019-04-26** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-26** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-04-26** Record vote
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- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-04-26** Record vote
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- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-04-26** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-06** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-07** Posting rule suspended
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- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2019-05-08** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
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- **2019-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-05-15** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
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- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-22** Record vote
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- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
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- **2019-05-24** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2019-05-24** Read
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- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2019-05-24** Record vote
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- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-14** 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/8c09e669-d4bc-4eb6-ae0f-c4a1a8570c7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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