Bill Commons

TX HB 2856

enacted

Relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on the feasibility of implementing a statewide system for coordinating clinical training placements.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HB 2856 pass?

Yes. TX HB 2856 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX HB 2856 about?

TX HB 2856 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on the feasibility of implementing a statewide system for coordinating clinical training placements.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 2856?

Howard, Perez, Vincent, Zaffirini are the primary sponsors of TX HB 2856.

Introduced
2025-03-19
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Howardprimary
  • Perez, Vincentprimary
  • Zaffiriniprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-14

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-19

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-19

    Referred to Higher Education

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-01

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-04-01

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-04-01

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-04-15

    Considered in public hearing

  8. 2025-04-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-04-21

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  10. 2025-04-21

    Committee report distributed

  11. 2025-04-22

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  12. 2025-04-24

    Considered in Calendars

  13. 2025-04-28

    Placed on General State Calendar

  14. 2025-04-28

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  15. 2025-04-28

    Passed to engrossment

  16. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  17. 2025-04-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-04-29

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  19. 2025-04-29

    Passed

    passage

  20. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

  21. 2025-04-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-04-29

    Reported engrossed

  23. 2025-04-29

    Received from the House

    introduction

  24. 2025-04-30

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  25. 2025-04-30

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-05-08

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  27. 2025-05-08

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-05-08

    Left pending in committee

  29. 2025-05-13

    Considered in public hearing

  30. 2025-05-13

    Vote taken in committee

  31. 2025-05-16

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  32. 2025-05-16

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  33. 2025-05-16

    Committee report printed and distributed

  34. 2025-05-25

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  35. 2025-05-25

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  36. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  37. 2025-05-25

    Vote recorded in Journal

  38. 2025-05-25

    Three day rule suspended

  39. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  40. 2025-05-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  41. 2025-05-25

    Passed

    passage

  42. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  43. 2025-05-25

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  44. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  45. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the House

    passage

  46. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  47. 2025-05-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  48. 2025-06-20

    Filed without the Governor's signature

    became-law

  49. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-28 · pass · 112-30

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: 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
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Louderback: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • Luther: no
    • Money: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Noble: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • DeAyala: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • J: absent
    • Martinez Fischer: absent
    • Wall: absent

  • passage

    2025-04-29 · pass · 105-41

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: 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
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: 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: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: 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
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Canales: no
    • Cook: no
    • Craddick: no
    • Curry: no
    • Gates: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Kerwin: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Louderback: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • Luther: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Money: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Noble: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Paul: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Walle: absent
    • DeAyala: absent
    • Morales Sha: absent

Related bills

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2856.xml

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