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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the practice of therapeutic optometry."
+description: "Relating to the practice of therapeutic optometry."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 993"
+citation: "Texas SB 993 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["OPTOMETRY & OPTOMETRISTS (S9811)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "TEXAS OPTOMETRY BOARD (V0305)", "THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRISTS (S0051)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Hancock", "Klick"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-03"
+last_action: "2021-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7ae0cd9-917e-4c5c-a3c6-575fead7c3f8"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 993.xml"
+source_hash: "69292ba649760a115c6c2f30ba4ca20ab3b5196a6f7197e0aa30ef8f9a4c74cf"
+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 993 (87) — Relating to the practice of therapeutic optometry.
+
+## 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/SB00993I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00993E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00993H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00993S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00993F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **144–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Canales — primary (person)
+- Hancock — primary (person)
+- Klick — primary (person)
+- Anchia — cosponsor (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Cason — cosponsor (person)
+- Harless — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
+- Krause — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
+- Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio III — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Schofield — cosponsor (person)
+- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-18** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-23** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-03-23** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-13** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-05-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-05-13** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-13** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-13** Record vote
+- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-13** Record vote
+- **2021-05-13** Remarks ordered printed
+- **2021-05-13** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-17** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-19** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-19** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-26** 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/c7ae0cd9-917e-4c5c-a3c6-575fead7c3f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+