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HB4763 • 2025

Relating to reports by certain public institutions of higher education on fraud, waste, and abuse involving state resources.

Relating to reports by certain public institutions of higher education on fraud, waste, and abuse involving state resources.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Olcott | Wilson
Last action
2025-05-12
Official status
05/12/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to reports by certain public institutions of higher education on fraud, waste, and abuse involving state resources.

Relating to reports by certain public institutions of higher education on fraud, waste, and abuse involving state resources.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to reports by certain public institutions of higher education on fraud, waste, and abuse involving state resources.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  2. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  3. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Education K-16

  4. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  5. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  6. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2035

  7. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  8. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  9. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  10. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  11. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1952

  12. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  13. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  14. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  15. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  16. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  17. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  18. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  19. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  20. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  21. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  23. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  24. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  25. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Higher Education

  26. 2025-03-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to reports by certain public institutions of higher education on fraud, waste, and abuse involving state resources.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 4763 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R16557 CXP-D

By: Olcott, Wilson

H.B. No. 4763

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to reports by certain public institutions of higher

education on fraud, waste, and abuse involving state resources.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 51.9762 to read as follows:

Sec.

51.9762.

FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE REPORTING. (a) In

this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning

assigned by Section 61.003.

(b)

An institution of higher education that maintains a

system for reporting suspected fraud, waste, and abuse involving

state resources at the institution shall submit each report

received under the system to the state auditor's office not later

than the second business day after the date the institution

receives the report.

SECTION 2. 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.