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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the presence of a qualified facility dog or qualified therapy dog in certain court proceedings."
+description: "Relating to the presence of a qualified facility dog or qualified therapy dog in certain court proceedings."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 1071"
+citation: "Texas HB 1071 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Animals (I0035)", "Courts--General (I0160)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Allison", "Collier", "Harris", "Leach", "Ramos", "Whitmire"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 60
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-12"
+last_action: "2021-06-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df7fb00e-84cf-4ca1-b802-6c29e82abf8c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01000_HB01099/HB 1071.xml"
+source_hash: "01fec254b624a8736aa469b0c361118467608d0a73aea3fd0919429bfaaf8b0e"
+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 1071 (87) — Relating to the presence of a qualified facility dog or qualified therapy dog in certain court proceedings.
+
+## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB01071I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01071E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01071H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01071S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01071F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **137–4** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **137–4** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allison — primary (person)
+- Collier — primary (person)
+- Harris — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Ramos — primary (person)
+- Whitmire — primary (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-04** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-17** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-24** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-03-30** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-03-31** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2021-04-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2021-04-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-09** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-09** Record vote
+- **2021-04-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-14** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-11** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-12** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-12** Amendment to amendment offered
+- **2021-05-12** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
+- **2021-05-12** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-12** Amendment adopted as amended
+- **2021-05-12** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-12** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-12** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-12** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-12** Record vote
+- **2021-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-12** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-12** Record vote
+- **2021-05-12** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-12** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-12** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-18** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-18** Record vote
+- **2021-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-18** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-18** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-20** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-03** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-03** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df7fb00e-84cf-4ca1-b802-6c29e82abf8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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