2026 Regular Session
HB2398
Education; authorizing the State Regents for Higher Education and the Department of Career and Technology Education to designate a credential of value.
Legislative progress
i
This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Partner positions
Dislikes
steers higher education toward government workforce planning.... bribe to participate in the workforce pipeline creates an evaluation and labeling system, but the incentive structure can influence how institutions prioritize programs.
Recorded floor votes
5 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
February 17, 2026 · House
House: Postsecondary Education Committee: DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS
Passed
8 yea–1 nay
March 4, 2026 · House
House: Education Oversight Committee: DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS
Passed
7 yea–1 nay
March 10, 2026 · House
House: THIRD READING
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
70 yea–20 nay · 9 absent
April 7, 2026 · Senate
Senate: Education Committee: DO PASS
Passed
10 yea–0 nay
April 15, 2026 · Senate
Senate: THIRD READING
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
36 yea–9 nay · 3 absent
Committee referrals
April 1, 2026 · Senate
Education
February 12, 2026 · House
Postsecondary Education
February 12, 2026 · House
Education Oversight
February 4, 2025 · House
Rules
Instrument history
i
This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
-
House Approved by Governor 04/17/2026
-
House Sent to Governor
-
Senate Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
-
House Enrolled, signed, to Senate
-
House Referred for enrollment
-
Senate Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
-
Senate Measure passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 9 View roll call
-
Senate General Order, Considered
-
Senate Placed on General Order
-
Senate Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed View roll call
-
Senate Second Reading referred to Education
-
Senate First Reading
-
House Engrossed, signed, to Senate
-
House Referred for engrossment
-
House Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 70 Nays: 20 View roll call
-
House General Order
-
House Authored by Senator Reinhardt (principal Senate author)
-
House CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee View roll call
-
House Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Postsecondary Education View roll call
-
House Referred to Postsecondary Education
-
House Referred to Education Oversight
-
House Withdrawn from Rules Committee
-
House Second Reading referred to Rules
-
House Authored by Representative Hill
-
House First Reading