The Senate adopted the conference committee report for House Bill 300, which governs the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program, restoring the scholarship award to $30,000 after an earlier amendment had reduced it to $15,000 based on preliminary budget estimates.

Senator Kelly Hancock presented the conference committee report and explained the change arose during budget negotiations. “At the time, we had an amendment to bring the scholarship award to 15, down down to 15,000. So that was based on the budget at the time. After budget negotiations and the budget passed, so we amended it back to the 30,” the sponsor said on the Senate floor.

The conference committee report was adopted by the Senate and the measure will be enrolled and processed according to legislative procedures. Restoring the award amount reflects the final budget agreement reached during negotiations, the sponsor said.

The program provides state-level scholarship support for qualifying members of the Texas armed services; the transcript did not specify the total number of awards or the program’s full eligibility criteria.