---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a certificate of merit in certain actions against certain licensed or registered professionals."
description: "Relating to a certificate of merit in certain actions against certain licensed or registered professionals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1928"
citation: "Texas SB 1928 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fallon", "Krause"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b7e3674-8586-44a1-9d85-4a16aa96b124"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1928.xml"
source_hash: "0ee4608842f1a2ffaafd737ff3fc86aa803bb849685c2eaa690940dc98163565"
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 1928 (86) — Relating to a certificate of merit in certain actions against certain licensed or registered professionals.

## 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/SB01928I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fallon — primary (person)
- Krause — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-23** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-26** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-26** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-23** Read
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b7e3674-8586-44a1-9d85-4a16aa96b124`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).