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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "SB 37"
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citation: "Texas SB 37 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["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)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Shaheen"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 98
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2025-03-13"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6baa4eb7-d2eb-4e3c-8ef0-ab6ef8c664ec"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 37.xml"
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source_hash: "d9cb75940e1fe1597a68e2ea57b46baf9bef9696acae1fc6f45f32e1a973c8a9"
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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 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.
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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/89R/billtext/html/SB00037I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00037E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00037H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00037S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00037F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **83–47** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
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- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2 — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
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- other — **11–20** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **83–53** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **83–47** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **85–56** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Creighton — primary (person)
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- Shaheen — primary (person)
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- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
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- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
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- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
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- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
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- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
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- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-03-13** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-17** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-20** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-03-20** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-03-25** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-03** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-04-10** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-04-10** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-04-15** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-04-15** Record vote
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- **2025-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-04-15** Postponed
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- **2025-04-15** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2025-04-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-15** Record vote
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- **2025-04-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-04-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-15** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-04-15** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-04-15** Record vote
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- **2025-04-15** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-15** Record vote
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- **2025-04-16** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-04-16** Record vote
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- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** Record vote
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- **2025-04-16** Statement(s) submitted
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- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-22** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-06** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-06** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-05-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-05-07** Public hearing continued on . . .
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- **2025-05-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-05-07** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-05-19** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-19** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-22** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-24** Placed on Major State Calendar
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- **2025-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-24** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
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- **2025-05-24** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
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- **2025-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-24** Record vote
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- **2025-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-25** Postponed
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- **2025-05-25** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-25** Record vote
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- **2025-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-26** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-05-26** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2025-05-28** Read
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- **2025-05-28** Senate refuses to concur
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- **2025-05-28** Senate requests conference committee
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- **2025-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2025-05-28** Senate refuses to concur-reported
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- **2025-05-28** Senate requests conference committee-reported
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- **2025-05-28** Senate appoints conferees-reported
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- **2025-05-29** House grants request for conference committee
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- **2025-05-29** House appoints conferees
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- **2025-05-29** House grants request for conf comm-reported
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- **2025-05-29** House appoints conferees-reported
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- **2025-05-29** Conference committee report filed `filing`
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- **2025-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
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- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-31** Record vote
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- **2025-05-31** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-31** Record vote
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- **2025-05-31** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2025-05-31** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `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/6baa4eb7-d2eb-4e3c-8ef0-ab6ef8c664ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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