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HB120Introduced in the House

Relating to college, career, and military readiness in public schools, including career and technology education programs, the Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST) program, and the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program, funding for those programs under the Foundation School Program, and workforce reporting to support those programs, to the public school accountability system, and to the new instructional facility allotment and the permissible uses of funding under the Foundation School Program.

Passed

Introduced by Keith Bell, District 4

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Relating to college, career, and military readiness in public schools, including career and technology education programs, the Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST) program, and the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program, funding for those programs under the Foundation School Program, and workforce reporting to support those programs, to the public school accountability system, and to the new instructional facility allotment and the permissible uses of funding under the Foundation School Program.

Where it stands

See remarks for effective date

June 20, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House concurs in Senate amendment(s) RV#4010 · May 28, 2025

116

Yes

6

No

28

Absent or Not Voting

150 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Gary Vandeaver1Yes
Brent Money2Absent
Cecil Bell3Yes
Keith Bell4Yes
Cole Hefner5Yes
Daniel Alders6Absent
Jay Dean7Yes
Cody Harris8Absent
Trent Ashby9Yes
Brian Harrison10No

Bill history

  1. Filed

  2. Read first time

  3. Referred to s/c on Academic & Career-Oriented Education by Speaker

  4. Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  5. Considered by s/c in public hearing

  6. Committee substitute considered in s/c

  7. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  8. Left pending in subcommittee

  9. Recalled from subcommittee

  10. Considered in public hearing

  11. Committee substitute considered in committee

  12. Reported favorably as substituted

  13. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  14. Committee report distributed

  15. Committee report sent to Calendars

  16. Considered in Calendars

  17. Placed on Emergency Calendar

  18. Read 2nd time

  19. Amended 1-K. Bell

  20. Record vote RV#182

  21. Passed to engrossment as amended

  22. Record vote RV#183

  23. Read 3rd time

  24. Passed

  25. Record vote RV#213

  26. Reported engrossed

  27. Received from the House

  28. Read first time

  29. Referred to Education K-16

  30. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  31. Considered in public hearing

  32. Testimony taken in committee

  33. Left pending in committee

  34. Considered in public hearing

  35. Vote taken in committee

  36. Reported favorably as substituted

  37. Committee report printed and distributed

  38. Co-sponsor authorized

  39. Placed on intent calendar

  40. Co-sponsor authorized

  41. Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  42. Read 2nd time

  43. Amendment(s) offered FA1 Schwertner

  44. Amended

  45. Vote recorded in Journal

  46. Passed to 3rd reading as amended

  47. Vote recorded in Journal

  48. Three day rule suspended

  49. Record vote

  50. Read 3rd time

  51. Passed

  52. Record vote

  53. Senate passage as amended reported

  54. Senate Amendments distributed

  55. Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  56. House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  57. Record vote RV#4010

  58. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  59. Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  60. House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  61. Reported enrolled

  62. Signed in the House

  63. Signed in the Senate

  64. Sent to the Governor

  65. Signed by the Governor

  66. See remarks for effective date

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