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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the use of the skills development fund by certain entities."
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description: "Relating to the use of the skills development fund by certain entities."
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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 856"
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citation: "Texas SB 856 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION (U0227)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Keith", "Dyson", "Flores", "Frank", "Virdell", "Wilson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 51
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-22"
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last_action: "2025-05-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51c30538-c567-44ef-a6b5-efb60235906b"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 856.xml"
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source_hash: "6c1d7f85f2f49f8052b6567a7cc011989f3866fa71ab535e1e5e3087277daa71"
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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 856 (89R) — Relating to the use of the skills development fund by certain entities.
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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/SB00856I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00856E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00856H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00856S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00856F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **146–1** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **140–3** (pass) · lower
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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 856 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
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- Dyson — primary (person)
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- Flores — primary (person)
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- Frank — primary (person)
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- Virdell — primary (person)
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- Wilson — primary (person)
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- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-22** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13** Referred to Economic Development `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-10** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-10** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-03-10** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-03-17** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-17** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-03-18** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-03-18** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-03-20** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-03-24** Not again placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-03-25** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-03-26** Not again placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-04-01** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-04-01** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-04-01** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-01** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-01** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-04-01** Record vote
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- **2025-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-01** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-01** Record vote
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- **2025-04-01** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-02** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-09** Referred to s/c on Workforce by Speaker `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-30** Recalled from subcommittee
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- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-01** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-06** Laid out in lieu of companion
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- **2025-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-06** Record vote
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- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-07** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-07** Record vote
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- **2025-05-07** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-07** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-08** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-20** 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/51c30538-c567-44ef-a6b5-efb60235906b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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