republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/sb-1887.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the requirements for the early college education program and the transfer of course credit among public institutions of higher education."
description: "Relating to the requirements for the early college education program and the transfer of course credit among public institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1887"
citation: "Texas SB 1887 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION--HIGHER--CURRICULUM (S0257)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Education--Higher--State Coordination (I0224)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "MEDIATION", "DISPUTE RESOLUTION", "& ARBITRATION (S8683)", "TRANSFER STUDENTS (S0251)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Turner", "West"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f27d044-599c-42ee-b4b7-9696ce4943bc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1887.xml"
source_hash: "41e007b3be8a081241f91bb09fd01a1722109f3f6aa46950c49c807f2ee93576"
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 1887 (88) — Relating to the requirements for the early college education program and the transfer of course credit among 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/SB01887I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01887E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01887H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01887S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01887F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 1887 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **106–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Turner — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** 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 w/o amendments
- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-27** Removed from local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-06** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-08** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-08** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-10** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-10** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-11** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-23** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f27d044-599c-42ee-b4b7-9696ce4943bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).