SB 2786

S.B. No. 2786
  AN ACT
  relating to the exemption from the assessment requirements of the
  Texas Success Initiative for certain students who are public
  officers or employees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 51.332, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 51.332.  APPLICABILITY.  This subchapter does not apply
  to:
               (1)  a student who has graduated with an associate or
  baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher education;
               (2)  a student who transfers to an institution of
  higher education from a private or independent institution of
  higher education or an accredited out-of-state institution of
  higher education and who has satisfactorily completed
  college-level coursework;
               (3)  a student who is enrolled in a certificate program
  of one year or less at a public junior college, a public technical
  institute, or a public state college;
               (4)  a student who is serving on active duty as a member
  of:
                     (A)  the armed forces of the United States; or
                     (B)  the Texas National Guard;
               (5)  a student who is currently serving as and, for at
  least the three-year period preceding enrollment, has served as a
  member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United
  States; [or]
               (6)  a student who on or after August 1, 1990, was
  honorably discharged, retired, or released from:
                     (A)  active duty as a member of the armed forces of
  the United States or the Texas National Guard; or
                     (B)  service as a member of a reserve component of
  the armed forces of the United States;
               (7)  a student who is:
                     (A)  certified as an emergency medical technician
  under Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code; and
                     (B)  employed by a political subdivision;
               (8)  a student who is included as fire protection
  personnel by Section 419.021, Government Code; or
               (9)  a student who is elected, appointed, or employed
  to serve as a peace officer described by Article 2A.001, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, or other law.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies
  beginning with the assessment of entering undergraduate students at
  public institutions of higher education for the 2025 fall semester.
  The assessment of an entering undergraduate student for an academic
  term before that semester is covered by the law in effect before the
  effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
  that purpose.
         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.
  ______________________________
  ______________________________
     President of the Senate
  Speaker of the House     
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2786 passed the Senate on
  May 1, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2786 passed the House on
  May 28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 131, Nays 10, two
  present not voting.
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
  Approved:
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              Date
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            Governor