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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to certification and examination requirements for persons engaged in liquefied petroleum gas activities."
+description: "Relating to certification and examination requirements for persons engaged in liquefied petroleum gas activities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 1668"
+citation: "Texas SB 1668 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Energy--General (I0315)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Oil & Gas (I0545)", "RAILROAD COMMISSION (V0089)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Raney"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-11"
+last_action: "2021-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d16f431-44b8-44ec-aa45-d7e01e7c39de"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1668.xml"
+source_hash: "2480f6e1ac3b862115d9882b1751e9782277fd2d3699e5204c7605c8cf95c33b"
+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 1668 (87) — Relating to certification and examination requirements for persons engaged in liquefied petroleum gas activities.
+
+## 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/SB01668I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01668E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01668H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01668S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01668F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Raney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-24** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-08** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-23** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-04-23** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-23** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-23** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-23** Record vote
+- **2021-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-23** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-23** Record vote
+- **2021-04-23** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-23** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-26** Referred to Energy Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-17** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-05-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-18** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-25** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-28** Read
+- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-14** 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/2d16f431-44b8-44ec-aa45-d7e01e7c39de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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