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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the use of individual graduation committees and other alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements."
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description: "Relating to the use of individual graduation committees and other alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "HB 1603"
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citation: "Texas HB 1603 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Testing (I0229)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Huberty", "Seliger", "Spiller"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 60
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2021-02-04"
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last_action: "2021-06-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79481a20-24c0-4c93-834e-615bd52db8e1"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1603.xml"
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source_hash: "b0dd701932c5a04d52f8e1b086c4000aa6f57648fcda73ffd9c40416f2a1808c"
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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 HB 1603 (87) — Relating to the use of individual graduation committees and other alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements.
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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://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01603I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01603E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01603H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01603S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01603F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
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- other — **145–0** (fail) · upper
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Huberty — primary (person)
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- Seliger — primary (person)
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- Spiller — primary (person)
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- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
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- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
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- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
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- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
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- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
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- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
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- Miles — cosponsor (person)
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- Nichols — cosponsor (person)
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- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
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- Perry — cosponsor (person)
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- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
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- West — 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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- **2021-02-04** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-09** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-03-16** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-03-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-03-26** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-04-09** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-04-12** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-12** Passed to engrossment
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- **2021-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-13** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-13** Record vote
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- **2021-04-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-13** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-13** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-04-13** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-03** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2021-05-04** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2021-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2021-05-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-05-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
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- **2021-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-18** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-05-18** Record vote
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- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-18** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-18** Record vote
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- **2021-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported
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- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2021-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-24** Record vote
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- **2021-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-25** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-07** Effective immediately `became-law`
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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/79481a20-24c0-4c93-834e-615bd52db8e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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