TX HB 2853

• Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)
• Education--Higher--Student Fees (I0234)
• UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO (U0019)

• Perez, Vincentprimary
• Moodyprimary
• Morales, Eddieprimary
• Ordazprimary
• Blancoprimary

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Newest first

1. 2025-06-22

   Effective on 9/1/25

   became-law

2. 2025-06-22

   Filed without the Governor's signature

   became-law

3. 2025-06-01

   Sent to the Governor

   executive-receipt

4. 2025-06-01

   Signed in the Senate

   passage

5. 2025-05-31

   Signed in the House

   passage

6. 2025-05-30

   Reported enrolled

   enrolled

7. 2025-05-29

   House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

8. 2025-05-29

   Text of Senate Amendment(s)

9. 2025-05-29

   Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

10. 2025-05-29

    Record vote

11. 2025-05-29

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

12. 2025-05-28

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

13. 2025-05-28

    Senate Amendments distributed

14. 2025-05-28

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

15. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

16. 2025-05-27

    Passed

    passage

17. 2025-05-27

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

18. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

19. 2025-05-27

    Three day rule suspended

20. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

21. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

22. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

23. 2025-05-27

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

24. 2025-05-27

    Placed on intent calendar

25. 2025-05-25

    Committee report printed and distributed

26. 2025-05-25

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

27. 2025-05-23

    Vote taken in committee

28. 2025-05-23

    Considered in public hearing

29. 2025-05-22

    Left pending in committee

30. 2025-05-22

    Testimony taken in committee

31. 2025-05-22

    Considered in public hearing

32. 2025-05-22

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

33. 2025-05-22

    Posting rule suspended

34. 2025-05-21

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

35. 2025-05-21

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

36. 2025-05-05

    Received from the House

    introduction

37. 2025-05-01

    Reported engrossed

38. 2025-05-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

39. 2025-05-01

    Record vote

40. 2025-05-01

    Passed

    passage

41. 2025-05-01

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

42. 2025-04-30

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

43. 2025-04-30

    Record vote

44. 2025-04-30

    Passed to engrossment

45. 2025-04-30

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

46. 2025-04-30

    Placed on General State Calendar

47. 2025-04-28

    Considered in Calendars

48. 2025-04-25

    Committee report sent to Calendars

49. 2025-04-23

    Committee report distributed

50. 2025-04-21

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

51. 2025-04-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

52. 2025-04-15

    Considered in public hearing

53. 2025-04-08

    Left pending in committee

54. 2025-04-08

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

55. 2025-04-08

    Considered in public hearing

56. 2025-03-19

    Referred to Higher Education

    referral-committee

57. 2025-03-19

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

58. 2025-02-14

    Filed

    filing

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• passage

  2025-04-30 · pass · 90-51

  Member-level votes (154)

  • Allen: yes
  • Anchía: yes
  • Ashby: yes
  • Barry: yes
  • Bell, K.: yes
  • Bhojani: yes
  • Bonnen: yes
  • Bowers: yes
  • Bryant: yes
  • Buckley: yes
  • Bucy: yes
  • Button: yes
  • Campos: yes
  • Cole: yes
  • Collier: yes
  • Cortez: yes
  • Craddick: yes
  • Curry: yes
  • Darby: yes
  • Davis, A.: yes
  • Davis, Y.: yes
  • Dutton: yes
  • Dyson: yes
  • Fairly: yes
  • Flores: yes
  • Frank: yes
  • Gámez: yes
  • Garcia, J.: yes
  • Garcia, L.: yes
  • Garcia Hernandez: yes
  • Geren: yes
  • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
  • González, J.: yes
  • González, M.: yes
  • Goodwin: yes
  • Guerra: yes
  • Guillen: yes
  • Hernandez: yes
  • Hinojosa: yes
  • Howard: yes
  • Hunter: yes
  • Johnson: yes
  • Jones, J.: yes
  • Jones, V.: yes
  • King: yes
  • Kitzman: yes
  • LaHood: yes
  • Lalani: yes
  • Lambert: yes
  • Longoria: yes
  • Lopez, R.: yes
  • Lujan: yes
  • Manuel: yes
  • Martinez: yes
  • Fischer: yes
  • McLaughlin: yes
  • Meyer: yes
  • Meza: yes
  • Moody: yes
  • Morales, C.: yes
  • Morales, E.: yes
  • Morales Shaw: yes
  • Ordaz: yes
  • Perez, V.: yes
  • Phelan: yes
  • Plesa: yes
  • Raymond: yes
  • Reynolds: yes
  • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
  • Romero: yes
  • Rose: yes
  • Rosenthal: yes
  • Schofield: yes
  • Shaheen: yes
  • Shofner: yes
  • Simmons: yes
  • Smithee: yes
  • Talarico: yes
  • Tepper: yes
  • Thompson: yes
  • Turner: yes
  • VanDeaver: yes
  • Villalobos: yes
  • Virdell: yes
  • Vo: yes
  • Walle: yes
  • Ward Johnson: yes
  • Wilson: yes
  • Wu: yes
  • Zwiener: yes
  • Alders: no
  • Bell, C.: no
  • Bumgarner: no
  • Cain: no
  • Canales: no
  • Capriglione: no
  • Cook: no
  • Cunningham: no
  • Dean: no
  • DeAyala: no
  • Gates: no
  • Gerdes: no
  • Harless: no
  • Harris Davila: no
  • Harrison: no
  • Hayes: no
  • Hefner: no
  • Hickland: no
  • Hopper: no
  • Hull: no
  • Isaac: no
  • Landgraf: no
  • Leach: no
  • Leo Wilson: no
  • Little: no
  • Louderback: no
  • Lowe: no
  • Lozano: no
  • Luther: no
  • McQueeney: no
  • Metcalf: no
  • Money: no
  • Morgan: no
  • Muñoz: no
  • Noble: no
  • Olcott: no
  • Oliverson: no
  • Patterson: no
  • Paul: no
  • Perez, M.: no
  • Pierson: no
  • Richardson: no
  • Schatzline: no
  • Slawson: no
  • Spiller: no
  • Swanson: no
  • Tinderholt: no
  • Toth: no
  • Troxclair: no
  • Vasut: no
  • Wharton: no
  • Present: not voting
  • Speaker: not voting
  • Harris(C: not voting
  • Absent: absent
  • Bernal: absent
  • Holt: absent
  • Schoolcraf: absent
  • Excused: absent
  • Orr: absent
  • Dorazio: absent
  • Kerwin: absent
  • Lopez: absent
  • J: absent

• passage

  2025-05-01 · pass · 80-53

  Member-level votes (152)

  • Allen: yes
  • Anchía: yes
  • Bell, K.: yes
  • Bernal: yes
  • Bhojani: yes
  • Bowers: yes
  • Bryant: yes
  • Bucy: yes
  • Button: yes
  • Campos: yes
  • Capriglione: yes
  • Cole: yes
  • Collier: yes
  • Cortez: yes
  • Craddick: yes
  • Cunningham: yes
  • Curry: yes
  • Davis, A.: yes
  • Dyson: yes
  • Fairly: yes
  • Flores: yes
  • Gámez: yes
  • Garcia, J.: yes
  • Garcia, L.: yes
  • Garcia Hernandez: yes
  • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
  • González, J.: yes
  • González, M.: yes
  • Goodwin: yes
  • Guerra: yes
  • Guillen: yes
  • Hinojosa: yes
  • Howard: yes
  • Hunter: yes
  • Johnson: yes
  • Jones, J.: yes
  • Jones, V.: yes
  • Kitzman: yes
  • LaHood: yes
  • Lalani: yes
  • Lambert: yes
  • Longoria: yes
  • Lopez, J.: yes
  • Lopez, R.: yes
  • Lujan: yes
  • Manuel: yes
  • Martinez: yes
  • Fischer: yes
  • McLaughlin: yes
  • Meyer: yes
  • Meza: yes
  • Moody: yes
  • Morales, C.: yes
  • Morales, E.: yes
  • Morales Shaw: yes
  • Oliverson: yes
  • Ordaz: yes
  • Perez, M.: yes
  • Perez, V.: yes
  • Phelan: yes
  • Plesa: yes
  • Raymond: yes
  • Reynolds: yes
  • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
  • Romero: yes
  • Rose: yes
  • Rosenthal: yes
  • Schofield: yes
  • Shaheen: yes
  • Shofner: yes
  • Simmons: yes
  • VanDeaver: yes
  • Villalobos: yes
  • Virdell: yes
  • Vo: yes
  • Walle: yes
  • Ward Johnson: yes
  • Wilson: yes
  • Wu: yes
  • Zwiener: yes
  • Alders: no
  • Ashby: no
  • Barry: no
  • Bell, C.: no
  • Bonnen: no
  • Bumgarner: no
  • Cain: no
  • Canales: no
  • Cook: no
  • Dean: no
  • DeAyala: no
  • Dorazio: no
  • Frank: no
  • Gates: no
  • Gerdes: no
  • Harless: no
  • Harris: no
  • Harris Davila: no
  • Harrison: no
  • Hayes: no
  • Hefner: no
  • Hickland: no
  • Hopper: no
  • Isaac: no
  • Kerwin: no
  • Landgraf: no
  • Leach: no
  • Leo Wilson: no
  • Little: no
  • Louderback: no
  • Lowe: no
  • Lozano: no
  • Money: no
  • Morgan: no
  • Muñoz: no
  • Noble: no
  • Olcott: no
  • Orr: no
  • Patterson: no
  • Paul: no
  • Pierson: no
  • Richardson: no
  • Schatzline: no
  • Schoolcraft: no
  • Slawson: no
  • Spiller: no
  • Swanson: no
  • Tepper: no
  • Tinderholt: no
  • Toth: no
  • Troxclair: no
  • Vasut: no
  • Wharton: no
  • Present: not voting
  • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
  • Absent: absent
  • Holt: absent
  • Talaric: absent
  • Darby: absent
  • Davis, Y.: absent
  • Geren: absent
  • Hernandez: absent
  • Hull: absent
  • King: absent
  • McQueeney: absent
  • Metcalf: absent
  • Smithee: absent
  • Thompson: absent
  • Turner: absent
  • Buckley: absent
  • Dutton: absent
  • Luthe: absent

• passage

  2025-05-27 · pass · 27-4

  Member-level votes (31)

  • Alvarado: yes
  • Bettencourt: yes
  • Birdwell: yes
  • Blanco: yes
  • Campbell: yes
  • Cook: yes
  • Creighton: yes
  • Eckhardt: yes
  • Flores: yes
  • Gutierrez: yes
  • Hagenbuch: yes
  • A. Hinojosa: yes
  • J. Hinojosa: yes
  • Huffman: yes
  • Johnson: yes
  • King: yes
  • Kolkhorst: yes
  • Menéndez: yes
  • Miles: yes
  • Nichols: yes
  • Parker: yes
  • Paxton: yes
  • Perry: yes
  • Schwertner: yes
  • Sparks: yes
  • West: yes
  • Zaffirini: yes
  • Hall: no
  • Hancock: no
  • Hughes: no
  • Middleton: no

• Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 2853 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

  2025-05-27 · pass · 27-4

  Member-level votes (31)

  • Alvarado: yes
  • Bettencourt: yes
  • Birdwell: yes
  • Blanco: yes
  • Campbell: yes
  • Cook: yes
  • Creighton: yes
  • Eckhardt: yes
  • Flores: yes
  • Gutierrez: yes
  • Hagenbuch: yes
  • A. Hinojosa: yes
  • J. Hinojosa: yes
  • Huffman: yes
  • Johnson: yes
  • King: yes
  • Kolkhorst: yes
  • Menéndez: yes
  • Miles: yes
  • Nichols: yes
  • Parker: yes
  • Paxton: yes
  • Perry: yes
  • Schwertner: yes
  • Sparks: yes
  • West: yes
  • Zaffirini: yes
  • Hall: no
  • Hancock: no
  • Hughes: no
  • Middleton: no

• passage

  2025-05-29 · pass · 105-34

  Member-level votes (153)

  • Anchía: yes
  • Barry: yes
  • Bell, C.: yes
  • Bell, K.: yes
  • Bernal: yes
  • Bhojani: yes
  • Bonnen: yes
  • Bowers: yes
  • Bryant: yes
  • Buckley: yes
  • Bucy: yes
  • Button: yes
  • Cain: yes
  • Campos: yes
  • Canales: yes
  • Capriglione: yes
  • Cole: yes
  • Collier: yes
  • Cortez: yes
  • Craddick: yes
  • Cunningham: yes
  • Curry: yes
  • Darby: yes
  • Davis, A.: yes
  • Davis, Y.: yes
  • Dean: yes
  • Dorazio: yes
  • Dyson: yes
  • Fairly: yes
  • Flores: yes
  • Frank: yes
  • Gámez: yes
  • Garcia, J.: yes
  • Garcia, L.: yes
  • Garcia Hernandez: yes
  • Gerdes: yes
  • Geren: yes
  • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
  • González, J.: yes
  • González, M.: yes
  • Goodwin: yes
  • Guerra: yes
  • Guillen: yes
  • Harless: yes
  • Harris Davila: yes
  • Hayes: yes
  • Hefner: yes
  • Hinojosa: yes
  • Howard: yes
  • Hunter: yes
  • Johnson: yes
  • Jones, J.: yes
  • Kitzman: yes
  • LaHood: yes
  • Lalani: yes
  • Lambert: yes
  • Landgraf: yes
  • Leach: yes
  • Longoria: yes
  • Lopez, J.: yes
  • Lopez, R.: yes
  • Lozano: yes
  • Lujan: yes
  • Martinez: yes
  • Fischer: yes
  • McLaughlin: yes
  • McQueeney: yes
  • Metcalf: yes
  • Meyer: yes
  • Moody: yes
  • Morales, C.: yes
  • Morales, E.: yes
  • Morales Shaw: yes
  • Morgan: yes
  • Muñoz: yes
  • Noble: yes
  • Oliverson: yes
  • Ordaz: yes
  • Orr: yes
  • Patterson: yes
  • Perez, M.: yes
  • Perez, V.: yes
  • Phelan: yes
  • Raymond: yes
  • Reynolds: yes
  • Richardson: yes
  • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
  • Romero: yes
  • Rose: yes
  • Schofield: yes
  • Schoolcraft: yes
  • Shaheen: yes
  • Simmons: yes
  • Swanson: yes
  • Talarico: yes
  • Thompson: yes
  • Turner: yes
  • VanDeaver: yes
  • Vasut: yes
  • Villalobos: yes
  • Vo: yes
  • Walle: yes
  • Ward Johnson: yes
  • Wu: yes
  • Zwiener: yes
  • Alders: no
  • Ashby: no
  • Bumgarner: no
  • Cook: no
  • DeAyala: no
  • Gates: no
  • Harrison: no
  • Hickland: no
  • Holt: no
  • Hopper: no
  • Hull: no
  • Isaac: no
  • Leo Wilson: no
  • Little: no
  • Louderback: no
  • Lowe: no
  • Luther: no
  • Money: no
  • Olcott: no
  • Paul: no
  • Pierson: no
  • Plesa: no
  • Rosenthal: no
  • Schatzline: no
  • Shofner: no
  • Slawson: no
  • Smithee: no
  • Spiller: no
  • Tepper: no
  • Tinderholt: no
  • Toth: no
  • Troxclair: no
  • Wharton: no
  • Wilson: no
  • Present: not voting
  • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
  • Absent: absent
  • Allen: absent
  • Dutton: absent
  • Harris: absent
  • Kerwin: absent
  • Meza: absent
  • Virdel: absent
  • Hernandez: absent
  • Jones: absent
  • V: absent
  • King: absent
  • Manue: absent

• Companion bill: SB 1016

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