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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the workforce development evaluation system administered by the Texas Workforce Commission, including the establishment of a workforce development career education and training evaluation pilot program."
description: "Relating to the workforce development evaluation system administered by the Texas Workforce Commission, including the establishment of a workforce development career education and training evaluation pilot program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 1703"
citation: "Texas HB 1703 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BORDER (S0045)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)", "WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS (V0136)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Ordaz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7457c90-74d1-46e7-8fb9-85ef55ae22e6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1703.xml"
source_hash: "ccc214587d2d938b30d86cfdf6775490d89b06c4120c106c01d8cb76aa39c559"
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 HB 1703 (88) — Relating to the workforce development evaluation system administered by the Texas Workforce Commission, including the establishment of a workforce development career education and training evaluation pilot 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/88R/billtext/html/HB01703I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01703E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01703H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01703S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01703F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **10936** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Blanco — primary (person)
- Ordaz — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-26** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-28** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-28** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-14** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-01** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-03** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Record vote
- **2023-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-08** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-18** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-10** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7457c90-74d1-46e7-8fb9-85ef55ae22e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).