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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to early registration for parenting students at public institutions of higher education."
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description: "Relating to early registration for parenting students at public institutions of higher education."
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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 459"
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citation: "Texas SB 459 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["González, Mary", "Harris, Caroline", "Paxton"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 56
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-13"
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last_action: "2023-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19ae6363-4a93-4bc8-af7b-e73660e8fa2d"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 459.xml"
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source_hash: "3402da65ab1ec480dab25701598d700779e4a7211b1c85cefa2f44ca425a4a13"
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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 459 (88) — Relating to early registration for parenting students at public institutions of higher education.
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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/SB00459I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00459E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00459H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00459S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00459F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 459 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **132–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- González, Mary — primary (person)
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- Harris, Caroline — primary (person)
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- Paxton — primary (person)
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- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
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- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
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- Cain — cosponsor (person)
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- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
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- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
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- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
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- Frank — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
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- Hancock — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris, Cody — cosponsor (person)
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- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
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- Holland — cosponsor (person)
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- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
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- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
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- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Klick — cosponsor (person)
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- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
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- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)
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- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
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- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
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- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
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- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul — cosponsor (person)
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- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
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- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
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- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
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- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
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- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
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- Toth — cosponsor (person)
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- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
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- West — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-01-13** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-17** Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-13** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-14** Considered by subcommittee
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- **2023-03-14** Reported from s/c with no recommendation
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- **2023-03-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-03-16** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-16** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-03-16** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-03-20** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-21** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-29** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-03-30** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-03-30** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-04-03** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-04-03** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-04-04** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-04-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-04-04** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-04** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-04-04** Record vote
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- **2023-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-04** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-04** Record vote
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- **2023-04-04** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-12** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-05-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-16** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2023-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2023-05-24** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-24** Record vote
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- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-25** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-18** Effective on 9/1/23 `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/19ae6363-4a93-4bc8-af7b-e73660e8fa2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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