---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a prohibition on the use of student loan default or breach of a student loan repayment or scholarship contract as a ground for refusal to grant or renew an occupational license or other disciplinary action in relation to an occupational license."
description: "Relating to a prohibition on the use of student loan default or breach of a student loan repayment or scholarship contract as a ground for refusal to grant or renew an occupational license or other disciplinary action in relation to an occupational license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "Texas SB 37 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Finance (I0232)", "Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)", "Education--Higher--Tuition (I0233)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATORS (S0700)", "STUDENT LOANS (S0036)", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0472)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "LOTTERY COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0454)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Hernandez", "Krause", "Oliverson", "Shaheen", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b3130f0-a1ce-47b0-be6b-c85444b28ca1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 37.xml"
source_hash: "6a7ae1584264fe4486a5e138cb0a43c88e38db68567794e39930ace7455a82d1"
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 37 (86) — Relating to a prohibition on the use of student loan default or breach of a student loan repayment or scholarship contract as a ground for refusal to grant or renew an occupational license or other disciplinary action in relation to an occupational license.

## 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/SB00037I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Krause — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Israel — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Neave — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stickland — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-12** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-10** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-11** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-16** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-16** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-26** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **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
- **2019-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** House passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b3130f0-a1ce-47b0-be6b-c85444b28ca1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).