2025 Texas sessionsRegular and both called sessions have ended. This index covers House and Senate bills, not resolutions. Statuses come from official reports.

2025 · Regular session · House bill

HB102

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Official caption: Relating to early registration for students in military-related programs at public institutions of higher education.

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Official report lists House author(s): Wilson. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.

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Bill highlights

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HB102 gives qualifying ROTC, corps-of-cadets and maritime-academy students access to early registration when their public higher-education institution already offers early registration to any student group.
The covered students must be enrolled and in good standing in a Reserve Officers' Training Corps program, be members in good standing of a corps of cadets—including one at a senior military college—or be enrolled and in good standing in a maritime academy.
The governor signed the bill June 20, 2025.

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What does it do?

HB102 gives qualifying ROTC, corps-of-cadets and maritime-academy students access to early registration when their public higher-education institution already offers early registration to any student group. It does not require every institution to create an early-registration system from scratch. Final law, Section 51.9835.

The covered students must be enrolled and in good standing in a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program, be members in good standing of a corps of cadets—including one at a senior military college—or be enrolled and in good standing in a maritime academy. The institution must provide early registration for the courses or programs for which it offers that opportunity to another group. The law uses the Education Code’s public-institution definition; it does not impose this requirement on private colleges. Final law, Section 1.

The governor signed the bill June 20, 2025. It took effect September 1, 2025, and the registration benefit applies beginning with courses or programs for the spring 2026 semester. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board must consult institutions and adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer the provision. The statute does not fix a statewide registration date, guarantee a seat in a particular course, waive prerequisites or provide tuition assistance. Final law, Sections 1–3; official history.

What changed along the way?

The filed bill contained the same central conditional benefit and spring 2026 start. The House committee substitute reorganized eligibility into three clear categories and expressly applied the good-standing requirement to each category, including maritime-academy students and corps-of-cadets members. It also changed the new statutory section number to 51.9835 and clarified the board’s implementation role. Filed text; House substitute.

The official index lists no floor amendments. Comparison of the substitute, engrossed, Senate committee and enrolled versions found no further substantive changes, and there was no conference compromise. The House passed the bill April 15, 2025, 145–0 with two present but not voting; the Senate passed it May 20, 31–0. Amendment index; version index; enrolled certifications.

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Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?

Eligible students may have more opportunity to arrange academic schedules around their program obligations. Institutions may need to verify eligibility and update registration processes; other students may face additional competition during priority registration. The law does not guarantee faster graduation or any particular scheduling outcome.

The latest fiscal note anticipates no significant state or local fiscal impact and assumes costs can be absorbed using existing resources. That is an estimate of the administrative change, not a new scholarship appropriation or a finding that every campus has implemented it correctly. Latest fiscal note.

Official sources

Catalog report retrieved 2026-10-25. Check the official record for corrections or later changes.