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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the rural veterinarian incentive program."
+description: "Relating to the rural veterinarian incentive program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 1259"
+citation: "Texas HB 1259 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0000)", "Agriculture (I0020)", "Animals (I0035)", "Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "RURAL (S0467)", "TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0079)", "VETERINARIANS (S0072)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Buckley", "Darby", "Rogers", "Seliger", "Stucky"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-21"
+last_action: "2021-06-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32a04c36-b618-4ea1-bd62-c759454bc844"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1259.xml"
+source_hash: "52f14a1351b2d1c8dc31f583b2aa612c6d22a57971cacb4e20d37b1625f50bff"
+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 1259 (87) — Relating to the rural veterinarian incentive program.
+
+## 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/HB01259I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01259E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01259H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01259S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01259F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **121–24** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+- Buckley — primary (person)
+- Darby — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+- Seliger — primary (person)
+- Stucky — primary (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank — cosponsor (person)
+- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
+- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+- Raney — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-21** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-04** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-25** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-09** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-13** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-15** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-15** Record vote
+- **2021-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-16** Record vote
+- **2021-04-16** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-06** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-18** Posting rule suspended
+- **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-21** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-21** Record vote
+- **2021-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-21** Record vote
+- **2021-05-23** Senate passage reported
+- **2021-05-23** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-25** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-09** 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/32a04c36-b618-4ea1-bd62-c759454bc844`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+