Relating to participation in the Texas Leadership Scholars Program.
SB 2055 amends Texas education code provisions governing the Texas Leadership Scholars Program, affecting students and public universities designated as "general academic teaching institutions." It requires scholarship rules to ensure research scholarships are at least 150% of leadership scholarships, limit recipients to four years per program, and guarantee each eligible institution receives at least one research scholarship (with additional awards based on doctoral degrees awarded). The bill also prohibits rules that restrict participating institutions or favor specific schools. These changes aim to standardize funding and distribution within the program.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 7, 2025
Signed Jun 20, 2025
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This bill was converted from an 'Engrossed' version to an 'Enrolled' version, which is the final form ready for the Governor's signature. The substantive legislative text remains unchanged, but the formatting was cleaned up to remove draft annotations and add official certification signatures from the Senate and House.
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Removed draft annotations and placeholder text (e.g., 'AA', line numbers) and replaced them with clean, official formatting for the final enrolled bill.
Added official certification blocks at the end, including signatures for the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, Secretary of the Senate, Chief Clerk of the House, and the Governor.
Added a note about digital content accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1) at the top of the document, which is an administrative update rather than a change to the law itself.
Floor votes · House May 27, 2025
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
50
Key actions
15
Committee
11
Jun 20, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
May 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
House passage reported
upper
May 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
May 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
May 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
May 2, 2025
Committee
Referred to Higher Education
lower
May 2, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
May 1, 2025
Introduced
Received from the Senate
lower
May 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Education K-16
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Royce West
DDemocratic
P
Suleman Lalani
DDemocratic
Co
Angela Paxton
RRepublican
Co
CB
César Blanco
DDemocratic
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