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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 1527: Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain peace officers.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1527 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on December 5, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain peace officers. Primary sponsor: Daniel Alders (Republican), Jay Dean (Republican), Sam Harless (Republican). It lists 17 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 12, 2025): Referred to Education K-16.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Republican 15

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Daniel AldersPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Jay DeanPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse7
Sam HarlessPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse126
Briscoe CainCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse128
CookCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Aicha DavisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse109
Janis HoltCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Carrie IsaacCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Charlene Ward JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse139
Jeff LeachCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
A.J. LouderbackCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse30
David LoweCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Brent MoneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Eddie MoralesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse74
Katrina PiersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Mihaela PleșaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse70
Tony TinderholtCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse94
Steve TothCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse15
Cody VasutCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Wes VirdellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Education K-16
  2. Read first time
  3. Received from the House
  4. Reported engrossed
  5. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  6. Record vote
  7. Passed
  8. Read 3rd time
  9. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  10. Record vote
  11. Passed to engrossment
  12. Read 2nd time

Showing 12 most recent of 27 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source