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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the requirements for a junior college district to receive approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer baccalaureate degree programs."
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description: "Relating to the requirements for a junior college district to receive approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer baccalaureate degree programs."
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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 885"
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citation: "Texas HB 885 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EDUCATION--HIGHER--CURRICULUM (S0257)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "NAVARRO COLLEGE (E0179)", "NURSES & NURSE AIDES (S2704)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Dominguez", "Ellzey", "Harris"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 53
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-12-18"
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last_action: "2021-06-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fa4f68f-7b94-4e14-b6ce-8b6a5a90bcdf"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 885.xml"
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source_hash: "4a2a6c01b5625cb5388f5a0482f5c2125d2238b0d47f83561d0b2ede0d04ce0d"
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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 885 (87) — Relating to the requirements for a junior college district to receive approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer baccalaureate degree programs.
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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/HB00885I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00885E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00885H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00885S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00885F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **144–1** (pass) · lower
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- other — **144–1** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Birdwell — primary (person)
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- Dominguez — primary (person)
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- Ellzey — primary (person)
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- Harris — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-18** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-01** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-18** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-03-18** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-03-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-04-06** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-04-07** 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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- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-04-14** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-05-22** Record vote
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- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-22** Record vote
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- **2021-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
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- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-28** Record vote
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- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-15** 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/8fa4f68f-7b94-4e14-b6ce-8b6a5a90bcdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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