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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the granting of undergraduate course credit at public institutions of higher education for certain scores on examinations administered through the College-Level Examination Program."
description: "Relating to the granting of undergraduate course credit at public institutions of higher education for certain scores on examinations administered through the College-Level Examination Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1227"
citation: "Texas SB 1227 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Testing (I0229)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Metcalf", "Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba201b11-bbff-4b45-a761-07fad5029d8f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1227.xml"
source_hash: "f1fef1d9cdb849e63827e9be2d3442e59c51bb55e8ba64978078828ce60a10bb"
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 SB 1227 (87) — Relating to the granting of undergraduate course credit at public institutions of higher education for certain scores on examinations administered through the College-Level Examination Program.
## 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/SB01227I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01227E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01227H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01227S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01227F.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Higher Education `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** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-05** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-05** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-05** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-05** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-06** Co-author authorized
- **2021-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-13** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-18** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-18** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-26** Withdrawn from calendar (contested)
- **2021-05-26** Objections withdrawn
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** House passage reported
- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** Effective immediately `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba201b11-bbff-4b45-a761-07fad5029d8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).