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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to measures to facilitate the award of postsecondary course credit leading to workforce credentialing based on military experience, education, and training and to prepare veterans for employment in certain industries."
description: "Relating to measures to facilitate the award of postsecondary course credit leading to workforce credentialing based on military experience, education, and training and to prepare veterans for employment in certain industries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 33"
citation: "Texas HB 33 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--General (I0255)", "Education--Nonpublic Schools--Vocational/Avocational (I0222)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "Labor--General (I0500)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "TECHNICAL EDUCATION (S0453)", "VETERANS COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0016)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortez", "Dominguez", "Ellzey", "Morales, Eddie", "Tinderholt", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90126488-b653-408a-9d40-8e14a50c094b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 33.xml"
source_hash: "46892cb29e8f7382b1e06df962e81d1315f4cf4d6e2aa5c22bcbeb433910a7a8"
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 HB 33 (87) — Relating to measures to facilitate the award of postsecondary course credit leading to workforce credentialing based on military experience, education, and training and to prepare veterans for employment in certain industries.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00033I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00033E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00033H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00033S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00033F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1480** (pass) · lower
- other — **1441** (fail) · upper
- passage — **1441** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cortez — primary (person)
- Dominguez — primary (person)
- Ellzey — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
- Tinderholt — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-08** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-23** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-03-29** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-03-31** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-31** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Record vote
- **2021-04-01** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-12** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Removed from local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-03** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-04** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-04** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-04** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-04** Record vote
- **2021-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-04** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Record vote
- **2021-05-04** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-05** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-05** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-12** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-12** Record vote
- **2021-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-12** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-13** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-26** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90126488-b653-408a-9d40-8e14a50c094b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).