---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a study and report regarding streamlining physician licensing requirements for advanced practice registered nurses."
description: "Relating to a study and report regarding streamlining physician licensing requirements for advanced practice registered nurses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 2011"
citation: "Texas SB 2011 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "Education--Higher--State Coordination (I0224)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "NURSES & NURSE AIDES (S2704)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Sheffield"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10502702-afc6-464f-bdbe-3635a847055a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02000_SB02099/SB 2011.xml"
source_hash: "e69aa6a99c2745c28a6ccb247026bb9f24e2f646c25e1d1ccfe8dfeb2de87071"
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 2011 (86) — Relating to a study and report regarding streamlining physician licensing requirements for advanced practice registered nurses.

## 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/SB02011I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Sheffield — 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`
- **2019-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-17** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-02** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-07** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-10** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** Referred to Public Health `referral-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** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage 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 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/10502702-afc6-464f-bdbe-3635a847055a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).