republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-300.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program."
description: "Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 300"
citation: "Texas HB 300 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)", "Governor (I0375)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "Legislature (I0520)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "SCHOLARSHIPS (S2123)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)", "STATE GUARD", "TEXAS (V6397)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Wilson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 75
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-03-14"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c353f420-c64a-4bd9-97c1-3643b56f16fa"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 300.xml"
source_hash: "5fcb619f819a21e2fd881f751605a5f75d430c83497b18bb404dd8d1d8280058"
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 300 (89R) — Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship 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/89R/billtext/html/HB00300I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00300E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00300H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00300S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00300F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **121–8** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 300 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **121–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
- Alders — cosponsor (person)
- Anchía — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Barry — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Curry — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Davis, Aicha — cosponsor (person)
- Davis, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dutton — cosponsor (person)
- Dyson — cosponsor (person)
- Fairly — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Gates — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — cosponsor (person)
- Holt — cosponsor (person)
- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- LaHood — cosponsor (person)
- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Little — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Louderback — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Luther — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Money — cosponsor (person)
- Moody — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Ordaz — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Villalobos — cosponsor (person)
- Virdell — cosponsor (person)
- Wharton — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-03-27** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-03-31** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-09** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-14** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-14** Record vote
- **2025-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Record vote
- **2025-04-15** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-16** Referred to Vet Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-29** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-25** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2025-05-25** House requests conference committee
- **2025-05-25** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-26** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-26** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-26** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-28** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2025-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-28** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-28** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-28** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** 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
- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c353f420-c64a-4bd9-97c1-3643b56f16fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).