TX HB 277
died on adjournmentRelating to the measures to encourage eligible students to claim certain tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students who are or have been in foster or other residential care.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower
Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.
Quick answers
Did TX HB 277 pass?
No. TX HB 277 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-02-27): Referred to Higher Education
What is TX HB 277 about?
TX HB 277 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the measures to encourage eligible students to claim certain tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students who are or have been in foster or other residential care.”.
Who sponsors TX HB 277?
Talarico is the primary sponsor of TX HB 277.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-27
- Latest action
- 2025-02-27 — Referred to Higher Education
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
- EDUCATION AGENCY, TEXAS (V9941)
- Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)
- Education--Higher--Student Fees (I0234)
- Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)
- Education--Higher--Tuition (I0233)
- Family--Child Protection (I0351)
- FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)
- FOSTER CARE (S0064)
- HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD, TEXAS (V4280)
Sponsors
- Talaricoprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-02-27
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-27
Referred to Higher Education
referral-committee
2024-11-12
Filed
filing
Versions
- IntroducedCompare
Documents
Votes
Not provided by source.
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 165
Official source
Attribution
Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:33:51.767464Z
Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:
Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:
Use this data
Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=TX&identifier=HB 277. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.
Known limitations
- Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
- Committee referrals are not yet captured.
See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.