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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the criteria for review by the Sunset Advisory Commission of an agency that licenses an occupation."
+description: "Relating to the criteria for review by the Sunset Advisory Commission of an agency that licenses an occupation."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 237"
+citation: "Texas SB 237 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "Sunset--Review Procedures (I0017)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION (V8389)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Goldman", "Nelson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-12-13"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74f2a518-3f52-452a-906e-35ff04f94b69"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 237.xml"
+source_hash: "d4b7d09b12d518d7f85dffe036ffabd386e8c195fee23c6b7591da07b076b143"
+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 SB 237 (86) — Relating to the criteria for review by the Sunset Advisory Commission of an agency that licenses an occupation.
+
+## 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/SB00237I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **142–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Goldman — primary (person)
+- Nelson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-12-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2018-12-13** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-07** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-03-21** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-11** Record vote
+- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-11** Record vote
+- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-16** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-05-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-15** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
+- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-10** 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/74f2a518-3f52-452a-906e-35ff04f94b69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+