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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to creating a temporary certification to teach career and technology education for certain military service members and first responders."
description: "Relating to creating a temporary certification to teach career and technology education for certain military service members and first responders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 621"
citation: "Texas HB 621 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION", "STATE BOARD FOR (V0492)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Shaheen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 74
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a81f2c90-b116-4793-a776-20d4fe42893d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 621.xml"
source_hash: "5752de1fe907ad9f79a901e46800f13b4569b287db1dc12b6c0ad4ed090f7ad1"
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 621 (88) — Relating to creating a temporary certification to teach career and technology education for certain military service members and first responders.
## 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/HB00621I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00621E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00621H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00621S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00621F.HTM)
## Votes
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 621 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **256** (pass) · upper
- passage — **11325** (pass) · lower
- passage — **10734** (pass) · lower
- passage — **238** (pass) · upper
- passage — **11325** (pass) · upper
- passage — **229** (pass) · upper
- passage — **10934** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (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 Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-07** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-14** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-03-22** Committee report distributed
- **2023-03-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-01** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-01** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-01** Record vote
- **2023-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-11** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-17** 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
- **2023-05-27** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2023-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **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** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Senate 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`
- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-13** 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/a81f2c90-b116-4793-a776-20d4fe42893d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).