HB 42 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

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.

HB 42 modifies how Texas allocates annual state funds to public universities and colleges by establishing a new formula based on space deficit, facilities condition, institutional complexity, and a separate allocation for the Texas State Technical College System. It specifies exact funding amounts for institutions like the University of North Texas ($65 million), Texas State University ($58 million), and Lamar University ($20 million) for the 2026 fiscal year. The bill changes the method of distributing constitutional appropriations from previous formulas to these new criteria and amounts. Signed into law on June 20, 2025, it takes effect September 1, 2025.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Signed Jun 20, 2025

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What changed between versions

Engrossed → Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 20, 2025

MINOR

This bill was finalized as an enrolled version with minor formatting and text corrections. The substantive policy content regarding funding allocations to Texas higher education institutions remains unchanged from the previous version, with no new funding amounts, eligibility criteria, or timeline modifications introduced in this final stage.

TECHNICAL

Removed draft annotations and formatting artifacts from the text, including bill author names and placeholder line numbers.

Corrected a fiscal year date reference from 2027 to 2026 in Section 1, aligning with the constitutional amendment timeline.

Adjusted line breaks and spacing throughout the document to produce a clean, final legislative text format.

Floor votes · House May 6, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 20, 2025

Signed into law

Signed by the Governor

executive

Jun 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed in the Senate

upper

May 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed in the House

lower

May 29, 2025

Introduced

House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

upper

May 29, 2025

Introduced

Text of Senate Amendment(s)

lower

May 29, 2025

Introduced

House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

lower

May 28, 2025

Introduced

Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

lower

May 28, 2025

Introduced

Senate Amendments distributed

lower

May 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate passage as amended reported

lower

May 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed

upper

May 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee report printed and distributed

upper

May 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

upper

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Vote taken in committee

upper

May 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Left pending in committee

upper

May 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Finance

upper

May 7, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

upper

May 6, 2025

Introduced

Received from the House

upper

May 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

May 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed to engrossment as amended

lower

May 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Amended

lower

Apr 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report sent to Calendars

lower

Apr 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Left pending in committee

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Committee

Referred to Higher Education

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

lower

6 primary · 8 co-sponsors