HB 322 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the use of funds awarded under the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program.

HB 322 amends Texas education code to clarify how funds from the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program can be used. It allows grants to cover start-up costs for new career and technical education programs at public junior colleges, technical institutes, state colleges, school districts, and charter schools, including facility construction, equipment, and technology solutions. The bill specifies grants may only support programs preparing students for high-demand jobs (including dual credit), leading to licenses/certificates, or requiring technology infrastructure. These changes apply only to grants awarded on or after September 1, 2025, and became law when signed by the Governor on June 20, 2025.

Issues: ✓ Education ✓ Technology

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Feb 28, 2025 Signed Jun 20, 2025

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What changed between versions

Engrossed → Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 20, 2025

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a legislative markup style to a clean enrolled version, removing internal tracking codes and adding official signatures and certification details. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's content regarding JET grant usage.

TECHNICAL

Removed internal legislative tracking codes, page numbers, and markup annotations that were present in the engrossed version.

Added official signatures, certification of passage by the House and Senate, and Governor approval lines to the enrolled version.

Reformatted the bill text for final publication, replacing line numbers and amendment markers with clean, readable text.

Floor votes · Senate May 27, 2025 · House Apr 29, 2025

How they voted

25–5

Passed

Total votes 30

May 27, 2025

D Democratic10

10 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican20

15 Yea 5 Nay

75% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Jun 20, 2025

Signed into law

Signed by the Governor

executive

May 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed in the Senate

upper

May 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed in the House

lower

May 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate passage reported

lower

May 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed

upper

May 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee report printed and distributed

upper

May 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably w/o amendments

upper

May 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

Vote taken in committee

upper

May 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Left pending in committee

upper

May 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Testimony taken in committee

upper

May 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Education K-16

upper

May 5, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

upper

Apr 29, 2025

Introduced

Received from the House

upper

Apr 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Apr 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed to engrossment

lower

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report sent to Calendars

lower

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Recalled from subcommittee

lower

Mar 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Left pending in subcommittee

lower

Mar 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

lower

Feb 28, 2025

Committee

Referred to s/c on Workforce by Speaker

lower

Feb 28, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

lower

2 primary · 2 co-sponsors