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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to support for nursing-related postsecondary education, including scholarships to nursing students, loan repayment assistance to nurses and nursing faculty, and grants to nursing education programs."
description: "Relating to support for nursing-related postsecondary education, including scholarships to nursing students, loan repayment assistance to nurses and nursing faculty, and grants to nursing education programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 25"
citation: "Texas SB 25 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "NURSES & NURSE AIDES (S2704)", "SCHOLARSHIPS (S2123)", "STUDENT LOANS (S0036)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Bettencourt", "Blanco", "Campbell", "Creighton", "Eckhardt", "Gutierrez", "Hall", "Hinojosa", "Huffman", "Hughes", "Johnson", "King", "Klick", "Kolkhorst", "LaMantia", "Menéndez", "Middleton", "Miles", "Parker", "Paxton", "Perry", "Schwertner", "Springer", "West", "Whitmire", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 60
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-10"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1f316f0-1e83-4f9e-a627-ed0fe3adb2f5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 25.xml"
source_hash: "a8ea245ed98bbd82c0a9ffdf8cbd8ff163295b2a7da42b5ee1e3bb5c180ef4df"
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 25 (88) — Relating to support for nursing-related postsecondary education, including scholarships to nursing students, loan repayment assistance to nurses and nursing faculty, and grants to nursing education programs.
## 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/SB00025I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00025E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00025H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00025S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00025F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **00** (pass) · upper
- passage — **310** (pass) · upper
- passage — **1461** (pass) · lower
- passage — **00** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 25 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **310** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Blanco — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Eckhardt — primary (person)
- Gutierrez — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- LaMantia — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — 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 Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Co-author authorized
- **2023-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-03-28** Co-author authorized
- **2023-03-29** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-03-30** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-03-30** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-03-30** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-03-30** Record vote
- **2023-03-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Record vote
- **2023-03-30** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-15** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **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 concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-25** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-26** 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 immediately `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1f316f0-1e83-4f9e-a627-ed0fe3adb2f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).