HB 238

new Texas State Technical College campus for Starr County

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the allocation of the campuses of the Texas State Technical College System.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Wilson County joins the campus serving Comal and Guadalupe counties.

The bill adds a new Texas State Technical College campus in Starr County and adds Wilson County to the campus that already serves Comal and Guadalupe counties. It also lets the college offer technical programs in Starr and Wilson counties without first proving the local junior college cannot offer them, and it confirms that junior college districts may still annex land in those two counties. On the ground, the state technical college gets legal room to set up and run programs in two more counties, effective right away with a two-thirds vote or on September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Higher Education committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB238 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Ryan GuillenRHouse 31

ITEM

relating to the allocation of the campuses of the Texas State Technical College System.

WHAT IT DOES

Wilson County joins the campus serving Comal and Guadalupe counties.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Nov 12, 2024Filed
Feb 27, 2025Read first time
Feb 27, 2025Referred to Higher Education

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Ryan Guillen

Donors

Frontera Texas PAC$160K Texas Sands PAC$121K Associated Republicans of Texas Campaign Fund$23K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Frontera Texas PAC$160,007.97

Frontera Texas PAC

$160,007.97

Cash: $0.00
Paid by others: $160,007.97
Total: $160,007.97

Other filed descriptions $73,500.00mail $40,000.00mailing $19,429.94texting $18,144.37digital $8,211.55printing $722.11

Also funds 3 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Nov 5, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 30, 2025 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101033369, 101062168, 101070155, 101073001.

Texas Sands PAC$120,875.00

Texas Sands PAC

$120,875.00

Cash: $113,500.00
Paid by others: $7,375.00
Total: $120,875.00

polling $7,375.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 14, 2024 to Sep 25, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989191, 101033369, 101062168, 101073001.

Associated Republicans of Texas Campaign Fund$22,795.90

Associated Republicans of Texas Campaign Fund

$22,795.90

Cash: $0.00
Paid by others: $22,795.90
Total: $22,795.90

polling $15,000.00Other filed descriptions $7,352.14texting $443.76

Also funds 20 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Nov 4, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 15, 2025 to Sep 10, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101033369, 101070155.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

Frontera Texas PAC

$160,007.97

Cash: $0.00
Paid by others: $160,007.97
Total: $160,007.97

Other filed descriptions $73,500.00mail $40,000.00mailing $19,429.94texting $18,144.37digital $8,211.55printing $722.11

Also funds 3 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Nov 5, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 30, 2025 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101033369, 101062168, 101070155, 101073001.

Texas Sands PAC

$120,875.00

Cash: $113,500.00
Paid by others: $7,375.00
Total: $120,875.00

polling $7,375.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 14, 2024 to Sep 25, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989191, 101033369, 101062168, 101073001.

Associated Republicans of Texas Campaign Fund

$22,795.90

Cash: $0.00
Paid by others: $22,795.90
Total: $22,795.90

polling $15,000.00Other filed descriptions $7,352.14texting $443.76

Also funds 20 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Nov 4, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 15, 2025 to Sep 10, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101033369, 101070155.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024

02/27/2025 H Referred to Higher Education: Feb 27 2025 11:13AM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Higher Education · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

STARR COUNTY

WILSON COUNTY (G56MD)

Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs

TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM

Text

The text as introduced · 458 words

89R759 JTZ-F

By: Guillen
H.B. No. 238

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the allocation of the campuses of the Texas State

Technical College System.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 135.02(a), Education Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(a) The Texas State Technical College System is composed of:

(1) a system office located in the city of Waco in

McLennan County;

(2) a campus located in Cameron County;

(3) a campus serving West Texas that operates as a

collective unit of strategically positioned permanent locations in

Nolan County, Taylor County, Brown County, and Stephens County;

(4) a campus located in Harrison County;

(5) a campus located in McLennan County;

(6) a campus located in Fort Bend County;

(7) a campus that operates as a collective unit of one

or more locations in Ellis County;

(8) a campus that operates as a collective unit of one

or more locations in Comal County , [ and ] Guadalupe County , and

Wilson County ;

(9) a campus located in Denton County;

(10) a campus that operates as a collective unit of one

or more locations in Williamson County east of State Highway 130 and

Interstate Highway 35; [ and ]

(11) a campus located in Starr County; and

(12) campuses assigned to the system from time to time

by specific legislative Act.

SECTION 2. Section 135.04(b), Education Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(b) Before any program may be offered by a campus or

extension center within the tax district of a public junior college

that is operating a vocational and technical program, it must be

established that the public junior college is not capable of

offering or is unable to offer the program. After it is established

that a need for the program exists and that the program is not

locally available, the campus or extension center may offer the

program, provided approval is secured from the coordinating board.

Approval of technical-vocational programs under this section does

not apply to Brown, McLennan, Cameron, Fort Bend, Comal, Denton,

Guadalupe, Williamson, Wilson, [ and ] Potter , and Starr Counties.

SECTION 3. Section 130.063(e), Education Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(e) This section does not prevent a junior college district

from annexing territory located in Brown County, Comal County,

Denton County, Guadalupe County, [ or ] Williamson County , Starr

County, or Wilson County .

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.