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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to a preceptorship program in a pediatric subspecialty for medical students in this state."
+description: "Relating to a preceptorship program in a pediatric subspecialty for medical students in this state."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 1998"
+citation: "Texas SB 1998 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "PEDIATRICIANS (S0395)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Lalani", "Shofner"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-06"
+last_action: "2025-05-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9496d41-14f4-4862-9f71-7d629fca5e82"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1998.xml"
+source_hash: "7d75ed3ad709afcc36ddb2c675f19820af054493ce36c42c9c2921e65d3fffa1"
+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 1998 (89R) — Relating to a preceptorship program in a pediatric subspecialty for medical students in this state.
+
+## 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/SB01998I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01998E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01998H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01998S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01998F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Lalani — primary (person)
+- Shofner — primary (person)
+- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
+- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-03-06** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-12** Co-author authorized
+- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-17** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-04-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-10** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-04-10** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-15** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-04-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-04-24** Record vote
+- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-24** Record vote
+- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-28** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-04-30** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-07** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-07** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2025-05-07** Record vote
+- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-08** Record vote
+- **2025-05-08** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-09** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-09** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-21** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9496d41-14f4-4862-9f71-7d629fca5e82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+