---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the regulation of the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances by veterinarians."
description: "Relating to the regulation of the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances by veterinarians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1947"
citation: "Texas SB 1947 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals (I0035)", "Crimes--Drugs (I0185)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "VETERINARIANS (S0072)", "PHARMACY", "TEXAS STATE BOARD OF (V0022)", "VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS", "STATE BOARD OF (V0118)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sheffield", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4c4204b-8e88-4ef0-83e5-4a3d827777fe"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1947.xml"
source_hash: "54b3fc7d047073bd71075de6a10f8f1f193cb445d3a52bd64d104bc377652ac0"
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 1947 (86) — Relating to the regulation of the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances by veterinarians.

## 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/86R/billtext/html/SB01947I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Sheffield — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (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 Health & Human Services `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
- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-03** Co-author authorized
- **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`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Constitutional three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** House passage reported
- **2019-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** 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/f4c4204b-8e88-4ef0-83e5-4a3d827777fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).