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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the adult high school charter school program."
description: "Relating to the adult high school charter school program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1615"
citation: "Texas SB 1615 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADULT EDUCATION (S0458)", "Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Accountability (I0007)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Governor (I0375)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernal", "Bettencourt", "VanDeaver"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1255b05a-68b6-4888-832f-ee0430f80dd5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1615.xml"
source_hash: "6ff0cb8d75f249916439c1f1604bbf48f66a62cb7bfd39e25c31a550cd4194d4"
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 1615 (87) — Relating to the adult high school charter school program.
## 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/87R/billtext/html/SB01615I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01615E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01615H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01615S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01615F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **12419** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bernal — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- VanDeaver — primary (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-21** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-22** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-22** Record vote
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-22** Record vote
- **2021-04-22** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-22** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** House passage reported
- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-31** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-05-31** See remarks for effective date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1255b05a-68b6-4888-832f-ee0430f80dd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).