Monitoring the SessionHB 928
Died in committee
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
relating to tuition and fee bills or billing statements provided to students by public institutions of higher education.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Every fee per course, plus every other fee the school charges.
The bill requires every Texas public college and university to give each enrolled student a tuition and fee bill for each semester or term. The bill must show the total charged and an itemized list of tuition and each fee per course, plus every other fee the school charges. Students start getting these itemized bills beginning with the 2025 fall semester.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 547 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 547 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Higher Education committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB928 · 2024-11-12
+ 1 coauthor
relating to tuition and fee bills or billing statements provided to students by public institutions of higher education.
Every fee per course, plus every other fee the school charges.
The bill requires every Texas public college and university to give each enrolled student a tuition and fee bill for each semester or term. The bill must show the total charged and an itemized list of tuition and each fee per course, plus every other fee the school charges. Students start getting these itemized bills beginning with the 2025 fall semester.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Not tied to this bill.
The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Oct 28, 2024 to May 28, 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.
$5,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Jul 3, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Jul 3, 2025. 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: 101033926.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$5,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Jul 3, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Jul 3, 2025. 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: 101033926.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Cain, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Feb 23, 2023: Referred to Higher Education
Relating to tuition and fee bills or billing statements provided to students by public institutions of higher education.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
03/06/2025 H Referred to Higher Education: Mar 6 2025 11:42AM
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
Education--Higher--Student Fees
Education--Higher--Tuition
The text as introduced · 265 words
89R972 JTZ-D By: Cain H.B. No. 928 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to tuition and fee bills or billing statements provided to students by public institutions of higher education. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 54.015, Education Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 54.015. BILLING AND NOTIFICATION FOR TUITION AND FEES . (a) An institution of higher education shall provide to each student enrolled at the institution for a semester or term a tuition and fee bill or other billing statement for that semester or term. The bill or statement must: (1) state the total amount of all tuition and fees charged to the student for the semester or term; and (2) include an itemized list of: (A) the tuition and each fee charged to the student by the institution for each course in which the student is enrolled for that semester or term; and (B) each other fee charged to the student by the institution for that semester or term. (b) For billing and catalogue purposes, each governing board shall accumulate all the tuition that it charges under this chapter into one tuition charge. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies beginning with the 2025 fall semester. SECTION 3. 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.
