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Bill Relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on the feasibility of establishing a religious studies program at Texas Southern University. Relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on the feasibility of establishing a religious studies program at Texas Southern University. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 87 HB 981 Texas HB 981 (87)
bill
Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)
HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
TEXAS (V4280)
Religion (I0646)
TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY (U0214)
enacted
Dutton
Miles
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legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas HB 981 (87) — Relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on the feasibility of establishing a religious studies program at Texas Southern University.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • passage — 10734 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Dutton — primary (person)
  • Miles — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2021-01-06 Filed filing
  • 2021-03-01 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-03-01 Referred to Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2021-04-15 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-04-15 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2021-04-15 Left pending in committee
  • 2021-04-19 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2021-04-19 Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent referral-committee
  • 2021-04-19 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage
  • 2021-04-28 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  • 2021-04-29 Committee report distributed
  • 2021-04-29 Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
  • 2021-05-04 Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
  • 2021-05-08 Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
  • 2021-05-08 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-05-08 Passed to engrossment
  • 2021-05-08 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-05-08 Passed passage
  • 2021-05-08 Record vote
  • 2021-05-08 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-08 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-08 Reported engrossed
  • 2021-05-10 Received from the House introduction
  • 2021-05-10 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-05-10 Referred to Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2021-05-19 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2021-05-19 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-05-21 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-21 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2021-05-21 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2021-05-22 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2021-05-24 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2021-05-24 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
  • 2021-05-24 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-24 Three day rule suspended
  • 2021-05-24 Record vote
  • 2021-05-24 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-05-24 Passed passage
  • 2021-05-24 Record vote
  • 2021-05-26 Senate passage as amended reported
  • 2021-05-26 Senate Amendments distributed
  • 2021-05-26 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
  • 2021-06-15 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-06-15 Effective immediately became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3ba3b89-86b5-49bd-8854-ab54194d34ee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).