republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/sb-1490.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to authorize certain degree programs offered by private postsecondary educational institutions."
description: "Relating to the authority of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to authorize certain degree programs offered by private postsecondary educational institutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1490"
citation: "Texas SB 1490 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Higher--Private Schools (I0238)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Turner, Chris"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae32bce9-abce-47e2-924a-7bae64259ca0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1490.xml"
source_hash: "0d1a87502d507e134c42fe6a08e02a92406b85b9928366735906f60d4d6c3f18"
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 1490 (87) — Relating to the authority of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to authorize certain degree programs offered by private postsecondary educational institutions.

## 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/SB01490I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01490E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01490H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01490S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01490F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Turner, Chris — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-07** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-14** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2021-04-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-20** Record vote
- **2021-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-20** Record vote
- **2021-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-26** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-06** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-07** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-07** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-11** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-12** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-14** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-18** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-08** 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/ae32bce9-abce-47e2-924a-7bae64259ca0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).