Bill Title: Relating to the automatic admission to general academic teaching institutions and eligibility for certain scholarships of a student who is the valedictorian of the student's high school graduating class.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 37-7)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [HB539 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Ben Leman [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-013	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Drew Springer [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-030	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Poncho Nevarez [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-074	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lynn Stucky [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-064	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Trent Ashby [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-009	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stephen Allison [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-121	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Charles Anderson [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-056	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ernest Bailes [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-018	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Keith Bell [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Diego Bernal [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-123	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brad Buckley [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-054	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dewayne Burns [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-058	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Angie Button [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-112	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Briscoe Cain [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-128	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Travis Clardy [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-011	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Cyrier [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-017	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Harold Dutton [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-142	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Frank [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-069	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mary Gonzalez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-075	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ryan Guillen [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sam Harless [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-126	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Cody Harris [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-008	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Cole Hefner [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-005	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Justin Holland [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-033	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dan Huberty [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-127	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ken King [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-088	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Kuempel [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-044	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mike Lang [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-060	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative J.M. Lozano [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Metcalf [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-016	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Morgan Meyer [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-108	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ina Minjarez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-124	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Andrew Murr [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-053	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jared Patterson [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-106	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Raney [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-014	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Scott Sanford [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-070	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative J.D. Sheffield [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-059	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Reggie Smith [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-062	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Talarico [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-050	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gary Vandeaver [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-001	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James White [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-019	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Wray [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Erin Zwiener [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-045	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Lois Kolkhorst [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-018	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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