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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy."
+description: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 1520"
+citation: "Texas HB 1520 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)", "ACCOUNTING & ACCOUNTANTS (S4321)", "PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY", "TEXAS STATE BOARD OF (V0994)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Flynn", "Lambert", "Nevárez", "Paddie", "Thompson, Senfronia", "Watson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 57
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-13"
+last_action: "2019-05-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d994aee-a76c-41ec-b89f-69c2cc86e998"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1520.xml"
+source_hash: "1a681baa5776a3d80004e5ab2207fa1725c742cad84499505f59d8decda2251c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 1520 (86) — Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01520I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **104–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Flynn — primary (person)
+- Lambert — primary (person)
+- Nevárez — primary (person)
+- Paddie — primary (person)
+- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-13** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-04** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-12** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-03-21** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-03-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-03-22** Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator
+- **2019-03-22** Corrected comm. report distributed
+- **2019-03-25** Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-02** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2019-04-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-02** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-03** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-03** Record vote
+- **2019-04-03** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-04** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-08** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-16** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-04-16** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-02** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-03** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-03** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-03** Record vote
+- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-03** Record vote
+- **2019-05-03** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-03** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-03** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-10** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-10** Record vote
+- **2019-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-10** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-13** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-24** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d994aee-a76c-41ec-b89f-69c2cc86e998`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+