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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the administration and investment of, and distribution and use of money from, certain constitutional and statutory funds to support general academic teaching institutions in achieving national prominence as major research universities and driving the state economy."
description: "Relating to the administration and investment of, and distribution and use of money from, certain constitutional and statutory funds to support general academic teaching institutions in achieving national prominence as major research universities and driving the state economy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 1595"
citation: "Texas HB 1595 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Education--Higher--Finance (I0232)", "Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD (V0161)", "RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (S0135)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY (U0215)", "TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY (U0722)", "TREASURY SAFEKEEPING TRUST COMPANY", "TEXAS (V0094)", "UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON (U0033)", "UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS (U9228)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Huffman", "Paul", "Thompson, Ed", "Walle"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 77
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-03-10"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/660098b5-6edb-4e05-9fac-4f20d6d00998"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1595.xml"
source_hash: "13b7c9ca99f62d36868783b20a3410a180a3b9a0814725e16bf99f099b4c1fb4"
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 1595 (88) — Relating to the administration and investment of, and distribution and use of money from, certain constitutional and statutory funds to support general academic teaching institutions in achieving national prominence as major research universities and driving the state economy.
## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB01595I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01595E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01595H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01595S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01595F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1319** (pass) · lower
- passage — **301** (pass) · upper
- passage — **13611** (pass) · lower
- passage — **12812** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 1595 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **301** (pass) · upper
- passage — **12812** (pass) · upper
- passage — **00** (pass) · upper
- passage to third reading — **00** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)
- Walle — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-17** Record vote
- **2023-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-18** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-03** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-08** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-09** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-09** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Remarks ordered printed
- **2023-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee
- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-26** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2023-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2023-05-27** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-27** Record vote
- **2023-05-27** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** See remarks for effective date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/660098b5-6edb-4e05-9fac-4f20d6d00998`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).