---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the review of certain occupational licensing rules by the office of the governor."
description: "Relating to the review of certain occupational licensing rules by the office of the governor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1995"
citation: "Texas SB 1995 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor (I0375)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "STATE AGENCIES' RULES (S0346)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Paddie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 65
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00bb5f29-e07c-4fed-9db8-ca6bfa394262"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1995.xml"
source_hash: "bb73fb2da65273ffdfe2935053d225d15b79eb54875b38ad932a653c1c3cf2a2"
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 1995 (86) — Relating to the review of certain occupational licensing rules by the office of the governor.

## 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/SB01995I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- passage — **104–35** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Paddie — 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`
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-23** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-23** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-23** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Remarks ordered printed
- **2019-04-23** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-24** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-26** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-14** 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** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Amendment tabled
- **2019-05-21** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** 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** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **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/00bb5f29-e07c-4fed-9db8-ca6bfa394262`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).