---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the eligibility for certain occupational licenses and the use of a person's criminal history as grounds for certain actions related to the license."
description: "Relating to the eligibility for certain occupational licenses and the use of a person's criminal history as grounds for certain actions related to the license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1531"
citation: "Texas SB 1531 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals (I0035)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "AUCTIONS & AUCTIONEERS (S0034)", "CRIMINAL RECORDS (S0008)", "ELECTRICIANS & ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS (S0288)", "MIDWIVES & MIDWIFERY (S0762)", "PODIATRISTS & PODIATRY (S0162)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ddfe530-87c5-4bd8-81ec-02d8ee2b3234"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1531.xml"
source_hash: "2cf8928fef828ffeff1952af62963d8d1b972ba1b9b64a1e47c19a688b75620c"
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 1531 (86) — Relating to the eligibility for certain occupational licenses and the use of a person's criminal history as grounds for certain actions related to the license.

## 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/SB01531I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** 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
- **2019-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-02** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** House passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** 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/6ddfe530-87c5-4bd8-81ec-02d8ee2b3234`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).