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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to formula funding for certain nonresident students enrolled at Lamar State College--Orange."
description: "Relating to formula funding for certain nonresident students enrolled at Lamar State College--Orange."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 646"
citation: "Texas SB 646 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Education--Higher--Finance (I0232)", "Education--Higher--Tuition (I0233)", "LAMAR STATE COLLEGE--ORANGE (U0007)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuempel", "Nichols"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b1e78af-610e-464d-8646-206eb555c600"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 646.xml"
source_hash: "c1d8a8b2f66a331a01ac2b8b9abe22dfdf71e35e0cc852b7707a880d3e52d144"
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 646 (88) — Relating to formula funding for certain nonresident students enrolled at Lamar State College--Orange.
## 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/SB00646I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00646E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00646H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00646S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00646F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **12221** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Kuempel — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-27** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres `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** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
- **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
- **2023-04-20** 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** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-12** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-19** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-23** 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/5b1e78af-610e-464d-8646-206eb555c600`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).