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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions."
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description: "Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "SB 2538"
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citation: "Texas SB 2538 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (U0397)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cole", "Creighton", "Longoria"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-10"
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last_action: "2023-06-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aae5556d-14b0-4949-8bec-8b7941441d87"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02500_SB02599/SB 2538.xml"
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source_hash: "8677cd433cac7b1980bbd980235d0c4bca7162d6ae4a465f0df6b07beff1475d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 2538 (88) — Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02538I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02538E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02538H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02538S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02538F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **128–9** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cole — primary (person)
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- Creighton — primary (person)
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- Longoria — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-23** Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-13** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
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- **2023-04-13** Considered by subcommittee
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- **2023-04-13** Testimony taken in subcommittee
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- **2023-04-13** Left pending in subcommittee
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- **2023-04-17** Considered by subcommittee
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- **2023-04-17** Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendments
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- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-19** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-04-27** Record vote
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- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-27** Record vote
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- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-28** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-03** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-06** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-05-12** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2023-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-16** Record vote
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- **2023-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-17** Record vote
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- **2023-05-17** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-17** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-18** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-02** Effective immediately `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aae5556d-14b0-4949-8bec-8b7941441d87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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