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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to waive fees for admission applications submitted to public institutions of higher education during certain periods."
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description: "Relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to waive fees for admission applications submitted to public institutions of higher education during certain periods."
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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 2231"
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citation: "Texas SB 2231 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Education--Higher--State Coordination (I0224)", "Education--Higher--Student Fees (I0234)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa, Adam", "Wilson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-11"
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last_action: "2025-05-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ac3a43f-d038-4006-97b2-ec35be67b794"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02200_SB02299/SB 2231.xml"
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source_hash: "2262dbad0e7452280b63ac6656b32cf8f827a0a29a6864330b41147754dd4cfc"
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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 2231 (89R) — Relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to waive fees for admission applications submitted to public institutions of higher education during certain periods.
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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/SB02231I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02231E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02231H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02231S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02231F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **101–24** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **122–25** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hinojosa, Adam — primary (person)
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- Wilson — primary (person)
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- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
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- West — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-03-11** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-25** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-04-03** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-08** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-04-14** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-04-16** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
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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** 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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- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-29** 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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- **2025-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-07** Laid out in lieu of companion
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- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-07** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-07** Record vote
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- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-08** Record vote
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- **2025-05-08** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-09** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-09** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-21** Effective immediately `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/2ac3a43f-d038-4006-97b2-ec35be67b794`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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