---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of certain military spouses to engage in a business or occupation in this state."
description: "Relating to the authority of certain military spouses to engage in a business or occupation in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1200"
citation: "Texas SB 1200 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Buckley", "Campbell", "Lambert", "Miller", "Sheffield"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7861e437-0a4d-4c69-ab81-28cb63f3fdf8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1200.xml"
source_hash: "10e4dec788fb6bf5a7361f254bb8e535d1abfa6bf1ad9a7a9a00dd892cde0b43"
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 1200 (86) — Relating to the authority of certain military spouses to engage in a business or occupation in this state.

## 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/SB01200I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Sheffield — primary (person)
- Fallon — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Seliger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-25** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-30** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-30** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-30** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-30** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-30** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-16** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-17** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote reconsidered
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Read
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** 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/7861e437-0a4d-4c69-ab81-28cb63f3fdf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).