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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the licensure and registration of persons engaged in certain activities pertaining to compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas containers and systems."
+description: "Relating to the licensure and registration of persons engaged in certain activities pertaining to compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas containers and systems."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2127"
+citation: "Texas HB 2127 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Oil & Gas (I0545)", "RAILROAD COMMISSION (V0089)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bailes", "Birdwell", "Cain", "Harris"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-20"
+last_action: "2019-05-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53e33f69-ae79-4723-b35d-8e73efe3b667"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02100_HB02199/HB 2127.xml"
+source_hash: "531666fb82087efba89f4c06b4473f5004e9379382ab4ac5fa570a53067fa11b"
+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 2127 (86) — Relating to the licensure and registration of persons engaged in certain activities pertaining to compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas containers and systems.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB02127I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **135–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bailes — primary (person)
+- Birdwell — primary (person)
+- Cain — primary (person)
+- Harris — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-20** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-06** Referred to Energy Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-18** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-03-27** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-03-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-17** Record vote
+- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-24** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-02** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-07** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-08** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-10** Record vote
+- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-10** Record vote
+- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
+- **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/53e33f69-ae79-4723-b35d-8e73efe3b667`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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