---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to verification of hunting and fishing license information."
description: "Relating to verification of hunting and fishing license information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 547"
citation: "Texas HB 547 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Parks & Wildlife--Hunting & Fishing (I0560)", "Parks & Wildlife--Licenses (I0565)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE COMMISSION (V1564)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (V0045)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bucy", "Canales", "Cyrier", "Geren", "Perry", "Springer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-18"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18b2aee3-1099-459e-8404-9b1667fb48b8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 547.xml"
source_hash: "1b80b1a406c26348146f3fec90621b5eb5f29841c9742b1bfa97e8f3a68e15ca"
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 547 (86) — Relating to verification of hunting and fishing license information.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00547I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bucy — primary (person)
- Canales — primary (person)
- Cyrier — primary (person)
- Geren — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-12-18** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-05** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-21** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-03-26** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-03-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Record vote
- **2019-03-27** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-05** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-06** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-06** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18b2aee3-1099-459e-8404-9b1667fb48b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).