republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/hb-584.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the development of a state information technology credential offered by public junior colleges or public technical institutes to address shortages in the state information resources workforce."
description: "Relating to the development of a state information technology credential offered by public junior colleges or public technical institutes to address shortages in the state information resources workforce."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 584"
citation: "Texas HB 584 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDITOR", "STATE (V4364)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "INFORMATION RESOURCES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V9827)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "Science & Technology (I0751)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Employees (I0626)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Capriglione", "Howard", "VanDeaver", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04f3686e-64d0-4863-b54b-f423e69f104f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 584.xml"
source_hash: "387f83d2f80e4499817302e6548a9b9e01a363f03742b3a746cda2a8997659fc"
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 584 (88) — Relating to the development of a state information technology credential offered by public junior colleges or public technical institutes to address shortages in the state information resources workforce.

## 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/HB00584I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00584E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00584H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00584S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00584F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Button — primary (person)
- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- VanDeaver — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Perez — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-15** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-15** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-03-16** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-03-21** Committee report distributed
- **2023-03-21** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-03-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-03-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-03-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-03-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Record vote
- **2023-03-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-03-30** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-05** Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Considered by subcommittee
- **2023-05-02** Reported from s/c with no recommendation
- **2023-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-08** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-16** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-10** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04f3686e-64d0-4863-b54b-f423e69f104f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).