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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the tenure and employment of faculty members at certain public institutions of higher education."
description: "Relating to the tenure and employment of faculty members at certain public institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "Texas SB 18 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Faculty (I0236)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Creighton", "Flores", "King", "Kolkhorst", "Kuempel", "Middleton", "Parker", "Paxton", "Schwertner", "Sparks", "Springer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 113
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-03-10"
last_action: "2023-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dea06a60-0b68-4bc2-8d8b-62bbf0aff5e4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 18.xml"
source_hash: "4ff2596a4109997bd0341904075c35c326f07b64df0342c6d92ac77ba909baaf"
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 18 (88) — Relating to the tenure and employment of faculty members at certain 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/SB00018I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00018E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00018H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00018S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00018F.HTM)
## Votes
- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 — **00** (pass) · upper
- passage — **1811** (pass) · upper
- passage — **8361** (pass) · lower
- passage — **8559** (pass) · lower
- passage — **1811** (pass) · upper
- passage — **1912** (pass) · upper
- passage — **1811** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Flores — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Kuempel — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Referred to s/c on Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2023-03-30** Considered by subcommittee
- **2023-03-30** Testimony taken in subcommittee
- **2023-03-30** Left pending in subcommittee
- **2023-04-03** Considered by subcommittee
- **2023-04-03** Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendments
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-13** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-18** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-08** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-12** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-16** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-16** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-18** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2023-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-18** Point of order sustained
- **2023-05-18** Returned to committee
- **2023-05-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-18** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-20** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-22** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Postponed
- **2023-05-22** Laid out as postponed business
- **2023-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-22** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-22** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-22** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-23** 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 refuses to concur
- **2023-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
- **2023-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2023-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-27** Senate discharges conferees
- **2023-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-27** Record vote
- **2023-05-27** Senate discharges conferees-reported
- **2023-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-28** 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`
- **2023-06-17** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-17** 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/dea06a60-0b68-4bc2-8d8b-62bbf0aff5e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).