TX HB 42
enactedRelating to the amount and allocation of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education and to the permissible uses of that money.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower
Quick answers
Did TX HB 42 pass?
Yes. TX HB 42 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25
What is TX HB 42 about?
TX HB 42 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the amount and allocation of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education and to the permissible uses of that money.”.
Who sponsors TX HB 42?
VanDeaver, Shaheen, Tinderholt and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 42, joined by 8 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-10
- Latest action
- 2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
- ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY (U9017)
- COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)
- EAST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (UL0VH)
- Education--Higher--Finance (I0232)
- LAMAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (UU062)
- LAMAR STATE COLLEGE--ORANGE (U0007)
- LAMAR STATE COLLEGE--PORT ARTHUR (U0006)
- LAMAR UNIVERSITY (U0061)
- MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY (U2649)
- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE (U0257)
- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY (U0052)
- State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)
- SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY--RIO GRANDE COLLEGE (U0137)
- SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY (U0120)
- TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (U952O)
- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY--CORPUS CHRISTI (U0038)
- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY--KINGSVILLE (U0037)
- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0079)
- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY--TEXARKANA (U0090)
- TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY (U0214)
- TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE (U0142)
- TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY (U0215)
- TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER AT EL PASO (U0176)
- TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER (U1503)
- TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY (U0722)
- TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY (U0002)
- UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-CLEAR LAKE (U0000)
- UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (U0246)
- UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-DOWNTOWN (U0035)
- UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON (U0033)
- UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-VICTORIA (U0130)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FT. WORTH (U0020)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS (U9228)
- WEST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (U0164)
Sponsors
- VanDeaverprimary
- Shaheenprimary
- Tinderholtprimary
- Huffmanprimary
- Howardprimary
- Wilsonprimary
- Villaloboscosponsor
- Blancocosponsor
- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
- Bhojanicosponsor
- Bucycosponsor
- Lambertcosponsor
- Morales Shawcosponsor
- Morales, Eddiecosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-03-07
Filed
filing
2025-03-10
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-10
Referred to Higher Education
referral-committee
2025-04-08
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-08
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-04-08
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-08
Left pending in committee
2025-04-22
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-22
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-04-22
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-25
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-28
Committee report distributed
2025-04-28
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-30
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-02
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-02
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-02
Postponed
2025-05-05
Laid out as postponed business
2025-05-05
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-05
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-05
Record vote
2025-05-06
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-06
Passed
passage
2025-05-06
Record vote
2025-05-06
Reported engrossed
2025-05-06
Received from the House
introduction
2025-05-07
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-07
Referred to Finance
referral-committee
2025-05-13
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-14
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-14
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-14
Left pending in committee
2025-05-23
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-23
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-25
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-25
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-27
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-27
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-27
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-27
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
reading-2
2025-05-27
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-27
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-27
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-27
Passed
passage
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-28
Senate passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-28
Senate Amendments distributed
2025-05-28
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
2025-05-29
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
2025-05-29
Record vote
2025-05-29
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-29
Text of Senate Amendment(s)
2025-05-29
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
2025-05-30
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-31
Signed in the House
passage
2025-06-01
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-06-01
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-20
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25
became-law
Versions
Documents
Votes
passage
2025-05-05 · pass · 131-11
Member-level votes (154)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: 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 Davila: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: 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
- Schatzline: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Cain: no
- Harrison: no
- Hopper: no
- Kerwin: no
- Little: no
- Lowe: no
- Luther: no
- Morgan: no
- Olcott: no
- Pierson: no
- Swanson: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Harris(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Bell: absent
- K: absent
- Bernal: absent
- Virdel: absent
- Lopez: absent
- R: absent
- Martinez Fischer: absent
- Schofiel: absent
passage
2025-05-06 · pass · 141-6
Member-level votes (151)
- Alders: yes
- 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
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: 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
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: 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
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Cain: no
- Harrison: no
- Hopper: no
- Little: no
- Lowe: no
- Olcot: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Moody(C: not voting
- Luther: absent
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 42 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-05-27 · pass · 30-1
Member-level votes (1)
- Middleton: no
passage
2025-05-29 · pass · 111-15
Member-level votes (152)
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: 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
- Romero: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Bryant: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- González, J.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Harrison: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Hopper: no
- LaHood: no
- Lowe: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Pierson: no
- Richardson: no
- Rose: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Landgraf(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Allen: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Harris: absent
- Kerwin: absent
- Meza: absent
- Virdel: absent
- Alders: absent
- Bernal: absent
- Cain: absent
- Campos: absent
- Garcia Hernandez: absent
- González, M.: absent
- Jones, V.: absent
- Leach: absent
- Manuel: absent
- Moody: absent
- Rodríguez Ramos: absent
- Simmons: absent
- Swanson: absent
- VanDeaver: absent
- Villalobos: absent
- Vo: absent
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