---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the criteria for review by the Sunset Advisory Commission of an agency that licenses an occupation."
description: "Relating to the criteria for review by the Sunset Advisory Commission of an agency that licenses an occupation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 237"
citation: "Texas SB 237 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "Sunset--Review Procedures (I0017)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION (V8389)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldman", "Nelson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-13"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74f2a518-3f52-452a-906e-35ff04f94b69"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 237.xml"
source_hash: "d4b7d09b12d518d7f85dffe036ffabd386e8c195fee23c6b7591da07b076b143"
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 237 (86) — Relating to the criteria for review by the Sunset Advisory Commission of an agency that licenses an occupation.

## 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/SB00237I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goldman — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2018-12-13** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-21** 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`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-16** 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** Passed to 3rd reading
- **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 reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** 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/74f2a518-3f52-452a-906e-35ff04f94b69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).