---
title: Education--Higher--Health Institutions - Texas Legislation
subject: Education--Higher--Health Institutions
total_bills: 11
unique_authors: 7
critical_bills: 4
high_cost_bills: 3
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education-higher-health-institutions"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Education--Higher--Health Institutions

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 11
- **Unique Authors:** 7
- **Critical Compliance:** 4 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 3 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 9

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 6 bills
- **Senate:** 5 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 4 bills
- **Moderate:** 4 bills
- **Low:** 3 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Joan Huffman** (R, Senate) - 3 bills
- **Donna Howard** (D, House) - 2 bills
- **Terry Wilson** (R, House) - 2 bills
- **Royce West** (D, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Jose Menendez** (D, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Gary Vandeaver** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Lois Kolkhorst** (R, Senate) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Education--Higher](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education-higher) (11 shared bills)
- [Education](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education) (11 shared bills)
- [HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD, TEXAS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/higher-education-coordinating-board-texas) (6 shared bills)
- [Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education-higher-institutions-programs) (5 shared bills)
- [Health Care Providers](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health-care-providers) (5 shared bills)
- [Health](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health) (5 shared bills)
- [State Agencies, Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-agencies-boards-commissions-newly-proposed) (4 shared bills)
- [State Agencies, Boards & Commissions](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-agencies-boards-commissions) (4 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-higher-education-coordinating-board) - 6 bills
- [Office of the Attorney General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/office-of-the-attorney-general) - 2 bills
- [Department of State Health Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/department-of-state-health-services) - 2 bills
- [Health and Human Services Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/health-and-human-services-commission) - 2 bills
- [Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-comptroller-of-public-accounts) - 1 bills
- [Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-commission-of-licensing-and-regulation) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB127](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb127-89th-regular) | Relating to measures to protect institutio... | Critical | High |
| [SB25](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb25-89th-regular) | Relating to health and nutrition standards... | Critical | High |
| [HB18](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb18-89th-regular) | Relating to the establishment and administ... | Critical | Low |
| [HB5154](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5154-89th-regular) | Relating to the Joint Admission Medical Pr... | Critical | Low |
| [SJR3](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sjr3-89th-regular) | Proposing a constitutional amendment provi... | Moderate | High |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB127](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb127-89th-regular) | Relating to measures to protect insti... | Terry Wilson (R) | Critical |
| [HB18](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb18-89th-regular) | Relating to the establishment and adm... | Gary Vandeaver (R) | Critical |
| [HB2851](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2851-89th-regular) | Relating to including nursing school ... | Donna Howard (D) | Moderate |
| [HB2856](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2856-89th-regular) | Relating to a study by the Texas High... | Donna Howard (D) | Low |
| [HB5154](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5154-89th-regular) | Relating to the Joint Admission Medic... | Terry Wilson (R) | Critical |
| [SB1401](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1401-89th-regular) | Relating to the creation of the Texas... | Royce West (D) | Moderate |
| [SB1677](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1677-89th-regular) | Relating to a study on prevention and... | Jose Menendez (D) | Low |
| [SB1998](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1998-89th-regular) | Relating to a preceptorship program i... | Joan Huffman (R) | Low |
| [SB25](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb25-89th-regular) | Relating to health and nutrition stan... | Lois Kolkhorst (R) | Critical |
| [SB5](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb5-89th-regular) | Relating to the creation of the Demen... | Joan Huffman (R) | Moderate |
| [SJR3](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sjr3-89th-regular) | Proposing a constitutional amendment ... | Joan Huffman (R) | Moderate |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education-higher-health-institutions)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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