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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to authorizing equal opportunity for access by non-enrolled students to University Interscholastic League sponsored activities; authorizing a fee."
description: "Relating to authorizing equal opportunity for access by non-enrolled students to University Interscholastic League sponsored activities; authorizing a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 547"
citation: "Texas HB 547 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Extracurricular Activities (I0247)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Home Schooling (I0248)", "UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE (S0337)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Dutton", "Frank", "González, Mary", "Huberty", "Paxton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 79
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-11-12"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71508daa-c334-40a8-8ba5-250ba6c855eb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 547.xml"
source_hash: "d67c7fdfed7f9868d1dd9ab955a3365ed890dce238bf85957110fe3d33f0acb9"
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 547 (87) — Relating to authorizing equal opportunity for access by non-enrolled students to University Interscholastic League sponsored activities; authorizing a fee.
## 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/HB00547I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00547E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00547H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00547S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00547F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **7865** (pass) · lower
- passage — **246** (pass) · upper
- passage — **8064** (pass) · lower
- passage — **1812** (pass) · upper
- passage — **8063** (pass) · lower
- other — **8063** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Burrows — primary (person)
- Dutton — primary (person)
- Frank — primary (person)
- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Huberty — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-09** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-23** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Point of order withdrawn
- **2021-05-05** Recommitted to committee
- **2021-05-06** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-12** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2021-05-12** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-12** Record vote
- **2021-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-12** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-05-12** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2021-05-12** Record vote
- **2021-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-12** Record vote
- **2021-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-13** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-14** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** 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/71508daa-c334-40a8-8ba5-250ba6c855eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).