republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/hb-8.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program."
description: "Relating to public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 8"
citation: "Texas HB 8 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDITOR", "STATE (V4364)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Higher--Finance (I0232)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Higher--State Coordination (I0224)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM (S0541)", "Governor (I0375)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD (V0161)", "Legislature (I0520)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)", "SCHOLARSHIPS (S2123)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "Taxation--School District (I0785)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Buckley", "Creighton", "Kuempel", "Longoria", "VanDeaver"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94e9431d-55e7-4199-9363-623230f253bc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 8.xml"
source_hash: "23937cb151a6ca32f30e47b2cc68776dfa95c11c301aa711396f0543ec161af4"
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 8 (88) — Relating to public higher education, including the public junior college state finance 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/88R/billtext/html/HB00008I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00008E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00008H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00008S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00008F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **146–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 8 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Kuempel — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
- VanDeaver — primary (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Anchía — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dutton — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Gámez — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris, Caroline — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- King, Tracy O. — cosponsor (person)
- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Murr — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Neave Criado — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Ordaz — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Walle — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-21** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-03-21** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-03-27** Committee report distributed
- **2023-03-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-06** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-11** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2023-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Considered by subcommittee
- **2023-05-09** Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendments
- **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-16** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-19** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-19** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-24** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** 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/94e9431d-55e7-4199-9363-623230f253bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).