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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to a prohibition on the use of student loan default or breach of a student loan repayment or scholarship contract as a ground for refusal to grant or renew an occupational license or other disciplinary action in relation to an occupational license."
+description: "Relating to a prohibition on the use of student loan default or breach of a student loan repayment or scholarship contract as a ground for refusal to grant or renew an occupational license or other disciplinary action in relation to an occupational license."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 37"
+citation: "Texas SB 37 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Higher--Finance (I0232)", "Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)", "Education--Higher--Tuition (I0233)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATORS (S0700)", "STUDENT LOANS (S0036)", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0472)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "LOTTERY COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0454)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Hernandez", "Krause", "Oliverson", "Shaheen", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-11-12"
+last_action: "2019-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b3130f0-a1ce-47b0-be6b-c85444b28ca1"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 37.xml"
+source_hash: "6a7ae1584264fe4486a5e138cb0a43c88e38db68567794e39930ace7455a82d1"
+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 37 (86) — Relating to a prohibition on the use of student loan default or breach of a student loan repayment or scholarship contract as a ground for refusal to grant or renew an occupational license or other disciplinary action in relation to an occupational license.
+
+## 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/SB00037I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blanco — primary (person)
+- Hernandez — primary (person)
+- Krause — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Shaheen — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
+- Canales — cosponsor (person)
+- Flores — cosponsor (person)
+- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Israel — cosponsor (person)
+- Lang — cosponsor (person)
+- Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
+- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Miles — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Neave — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
+- Raney — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Stickland — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Senfronia — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- Wu — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-01** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-27** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-03-12** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-02** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-04-02** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-10** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-11** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-16** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-16** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-16** Record vote
+- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-16** Record vote
+- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-16** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-26** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-13** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-21** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-21** House passage reported
+- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-07** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b3130f0-a1ce-47b0-be6b-c85444b28ca1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+