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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; expanding authority to adopt fees."
+description: "Relating to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; expanding authority to adopt fees."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 3743"
+citation: "Texas HB 3743 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Sunset—Required Reviews (I0021)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Goldman", "Kolkhorst"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-07"
+last_action: "2023-06-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f661023f-5fcd-4187-bd55-15e6a183e93a"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03700_HB03799/HB 3743.xml"
+source_hash: "0072a614b3a298675a2a2892ad6f4a45b73bcd5880595bfe19b89678c4528db7"
+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 3743 (88) — Relating to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; expanding authority to adopt fees.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB03743I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03743E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03743H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03743S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03743F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **139–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Goldman — primary (person)
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-20** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-21** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-01** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-03** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-03** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-04** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-04** Record vote
+- **2023-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-04** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-09** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-16** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-21** Record vote
+- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-21** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-11** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f661023f-5fcd-4187-bd55-15e6a183e93a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+