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Bill Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education, including review of curriculum and certain degree and certificate programs, a faculty council or senate, training for members of the governing board, and the establishment, powers, and duties of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Office of the Ombudsman. Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education, including review of curriculum and certain degree and certificate programs, a faculty council or senate, training for members of the governing board, and the establishment, powers, and duties of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Office of the Ombudsman. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 89R SB 37 Texas SB 37 (89R)
bill
EDUCATION--HIGHER--CURRICULUM (S0257)
EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
OFFICE OF (V04YL)
Education--Higher--Faculty (I0236)
Education--Higher--General (I0231)
Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES (S0121)
Governor (I0375)
HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
TEXAS (V4280)
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)
OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN
TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD (VI4AM)
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)
STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)
State Agencies
Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)
enacted
Creighton
Shaheen
5 98 11 2025-03-13 2025-06-20 openstates ocd-bill/6baa4eb7-d2eb-4e3c-8ef0-ab6ef8c664ec ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 37.xml d9cb75940e1fe1597a68e2ea57b46baf9bef9696acae1fc6f45f32e1a973c8a9 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas SB 37 (89R) — Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education, including review of curriculum and certain degree and certificate programs, a faculty council or senate, training for members of the governing board, and the establishment, powers, and duties of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Office of the Ombudsman.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • passage — 8347 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 2011 (pass) · upper
  • adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2 — 00 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 2011 (pass) · upper
  • other — 1120 (fail) · upper
  • passage — 8353 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 8347 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 8556 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 2011 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 2011 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 2011 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Creighton — primary (person)
  • Shaheen — primary (person)
  • Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
  • Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
  • Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
  • Hughes — cosponsor (person)
  • Middleton — cosponsor (person)
  • Schwertner — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-03-13 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing, introduction
  • 2025-03-13 Filed filing
  • 2025-03-17 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-03-17 Referred to Education K-16 referral-committee
  • 2025-03-20 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2025-03-20 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-03-20 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2025-03-20 Left pending in committee
  • 2025-03-25 Co-author authorized
  • 2025-04-03 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-04-03 Vote taken in committee
  • 2025-04-08 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-08 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2025-04-10 Co-author authorized
  • 2025-04-10 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2025-04-15 Co-author authorized
  • 2025-04-15 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2025-04-15 Record vote
  • 2025-04-15 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2025-04-15 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2025-04-15 Postponed
  • 2025-04-15 Laid out as postponed business
  • 2025-04-15 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-04-15 Record vote
  • 2025-04-15 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2025-04-15 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-04-15 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-04-15 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2025-04-15 Amendment fails of adoption amendment-failure
  • 2025-04-15 Record vote
  • 2025-04-15 Passed to engrossment as amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-04-15 Record vote
  • 2025-04-16 Co-author authorized
  • 2025-04-16 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2025-04-16 Record vote
  • 2025-04-16 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2025-04-16 Passed passage
  • 2025-04-16 Record vote
  • 2025-04-16 Statement(s) submitted
  • 2025-04-16 Reported engrossed
  • 2025-04-17 Received from the Senate introduction
  • 2025-04-22 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-04-22 Referred to Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2025-05-06 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-05-06 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2025-05-06 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2025-05-07 Public hearing continued on . . .
  • 2025-05-07 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2025-05-07 Left pending in committee
  • 2025-05-19 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2025-05-19 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2025-05-19 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-22 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2025-05-22 Committee report distributed
  • 2025-05-22 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2025-05-22 Considered in Calendars
  • 2025-05-24 Placed on Major State Calendar
  • 2025-05-24 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2025-05-24 Point of order withdrawn withdrawal
  • 2025-05-24 Amendment withdrawn amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal
  • 2025-05-24 Passed to 3rd reading
  • 2025-05-24 Record vote
  • 2025-05-24 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-05-25 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2025-05-25 Postponed
  • 2025-05-25 Laid out as postponed business
  • 2025-05-25 Passed passage
  • 2025-05-25 Record vote
  • 2025-05-25 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-05-26 Co-author authorized
  • 2025-05-26 House passage as amended reported amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-28 House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
  • 2025-05-28 Read
  • 2025-05-28 Senate refuses to concur
  • 2025-05-28 Senate requests conference committee
  • 2025-05-28 Senate appoints conferees
  • 2025-05-28 Senate refuses to concur-reported
  • 2025-05-28 Senate requests conference committee-reported
  • 2025-05-28 Senate appoints conferees-reported
  • 2025-05-29 House grants request for conference committee
  • 2025-05-29 House appoints conferees
  • 2025-05-29 House grants request for conf comm-reported
  • 2025-05-29 House appoints conferees-reported
  • 2025-05-29 Conference committee report filed filing
  • 2025-05-30 Conf. Comm. Report distributed
  • 2025-05-31 Senate adopts conference committee report committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-31 Record vote
  • 2025-05-31 House adopts conference committee report committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-31 Record vote
  • 2025-05-31 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-05-31 Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  • 2025-05-31 House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  • 2025-06-01 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-06-01 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2025-06-02 Signed in the House passage
  • 2025-06-02 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-06-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-06-20 Effective on 9/1/25 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6baa4eb7-d2eb-4e3c-8ef0-ab6ef8c664ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).