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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to a school psychologist licensed under the Occupations Code."
+description: "Relating to a school psychologist licensed under the Occupations Code."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 2598"
+citation: "Texas HB 2598 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PSYCHOLOGISTS (S2025)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Bernal", "Buckley", "Button", "Kerwin", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-10"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5911888-af8d-41db-a17b-b8bb244df2e0"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02500_HB02599/HB 2598.xml"
+source_hash: "66b8e7605e37efe0fc935b92991545da439f4cf37e5007dcf651f658aaa24669"
+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 2598 (89R) — Relating to a school psychologist licensed under the Occupations Code.
+
+## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB02598I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02598E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02598H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02598S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02598F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **120–17** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **109–22** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Bernal — primary (person)
+- Buckley — primary (person)
+- Button — primary (person)
+- Kerwin — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
+- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-10** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-17** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-04-15** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-04-29** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-06** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-08** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-09** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-09** Record vote
+- **2025-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-10** Record vote
+- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-10** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-12** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-22** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-05-22** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-23** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5911888-af8d-41db-a17b-b8bb244df2e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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