republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/sb-1517.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibiting certain academic boycotts of foreign countries by public institutions of higher education."
description: "Relating to prohibiting certain academic boycotts of foreign countries by public institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1517"
citation: "Texas SB 1517 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (S0038)", "TERRORISM & INTERNAL SECURITY (S0574)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King", "Paul"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d294eb52-ec71-4721-9549-69f1f25177a0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1517.xml"
source_hash: "4c2d579d2991037028dc111c81441366e4e32c2fc66e57b2606affc69dd84957"
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 1517 (88) — Relating to prohibiting certain academic boycotts of foreign countries by public institutions of higher education.

## 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/SB01517I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01517E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01517H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01517S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01517F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **103–26** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 1517 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **27–4** (pass) · upper
- passage — **27–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2023-04-13** Considered by subcommittee
- **2023-04-13** Testimony taken in subcommittee
- **2023-04-13** Left pending in subcommittee
- **2023-04-17** Considered by subcommittee
- **2023-04-17** Reported from s/c favorably with substitute
- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-25** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-26** Record vote
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Record vote
- **2023-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-26** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-27** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-02** Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-22** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-25** Read
- **2023-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-25** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-25** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** 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/d294eb52-ec71-4721-9549-69f1f25177a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).