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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Real Estate Commission and the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board; changing fees."
+description: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Real Estate Commission and the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board; changing fees."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 624"
+citation: "Texas SB 624 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)", "ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS", "STATE OFFICE OF (V0065)", "APPRAISER LICENSING & CERTIFICATION BOARD", "TEXAS (V0890)", "TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION (V4353)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Nichols", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-03-05"
+last_action: "2019-05-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93a2faa7-67f7-4539-a33b-b4a43490d675"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 624.xml"
+source_hash: "1d244d878f7e3e5ae250a9c747a3a2f3c8632c563e22b9946b584847594f5897"
+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 624 (86) — Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Real Estate Commission and the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board; changing fees.
+
+## 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/SB00624I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **137–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Birdwell — primary (person)
+- Nichols — primary (person)
+- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-07** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-21** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-02** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-04** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-04** Record vote
+- **2019-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-04** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-04** Record vote
+- **2019-04-04** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-08** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-17** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-23** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-24** Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator
+- **2019-04-24** Corrected comm. report distributed
+- **2019-04-25** Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-14** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-15** House passage reported
+- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-31** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-31** 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/93a2faa7-67f7-4539-a33b-b4a43490d675`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+