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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to state occupational licensing of certain military veterans and military spouses."
+description: "Relating to state occupational licensing of certain military veterans and military spouses."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 139"
+citation: "Texas HB 139 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bowers", "Buckley", "Goldman", "Powell", "Slawson", "Wilson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-11-09"
+last_action: "2021-05-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26f4f4d2-cc9e-4eea-aaae-7f038124e9fc"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 139.xml"
+source_hash: "d251edb1bdd399283eb2b492db8060329186dc9ee40ad22920c22276f3e4f8c2"
+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 139 (87) — Relating to state occupational licensing of certain military veterans and military spouses.
+
+## 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/HB00139I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00139E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00139H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00139S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00139F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bowers — primary (person)
+- Buckley — primary (person)
+- Goldman — primary (person)
+- Powell — primary (person)
+- Slawson — primary (person)
+- Wilson — primary (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
+- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-25** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-03-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-03-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-03-23** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-03-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-03-29** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-03-31** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-31** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-31** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-01** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-01** Record vote
+- **2021-04-01** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-06** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-12** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-21** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-21** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-27** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-03** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-03** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-03** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-03** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-03** Record vote
+- **2021-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-03** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-03** Record vote
+- **2021-05-04** Senate passage reported
+- **2021-05-04** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-05** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-05** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-18** 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/26f4f4d2-cc9e-4eea-aaae-7f038124e9fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+